Nevada is considering allowing pet owners the right to give their pets medical marijuana
The state of Nevada is considering allowing veterinarians to prescribe medical marijuana to pets.
Democratic State Sen. Tick Segerblom is the sponsor of the bill (SB372) that will allow veterinarians to prescribe medical marijuana to pets who are suffering from a chronical illness.
In response to the attention the bill has been getting, Sen. Segerblom tweeted out today, “anyone with a sick dog should contact me first.”
A growing number of pet owners are giving medicinal marijuana to their pets. Kelly Conway told CNBC that she gave her dog Georgia medicinal marijuana in order to help her to better cope with syringomyelia, a neurological condition.
Veterinarian Douglas Kramer told JAVMA that he gave his dog Nikita marijuana in order to ease her pain during her final stages of battling cancer.
However, Dr. Kramer did say that although he’s in favor of pets being treated with medicinal marijuana that he believes more research needs to be done in order to learn more about the pros and cons of pets taking medicinal marijuana.
Kramer told JAVMA, “My position is the same as the (American Medical Association’s). We need to investigate marijuana further to determine whether the case reports I’m hearing are true or whether there’s a placebo effect at work.”
If Sen. Segerblom’s bill is passed into law, Nevada will become the first state to have a law of its kind.
Democratic State Sen. Tick Segerblom is the sponsor of the bill (SB372) that will allow veterinarians to prescribe medical marijuana to pets who are suffering from a chronical illness.
In response to the attention the bill has been getting, Sen. Segerblom tweeted out today, “anyone with a sick dog should contact me first.”
A growing number of pet owners are giving medicinal marijuana to their pets. Kelly Conway told CNBC that she gave her dog Georgia medicinal marijuana in order to help her to better cope with syringomyelia, a neurological condition.
Veterinarian Douglas Kramer told JAVMA that he gave his dog Nikita marijuana in order to ease her pain during her final stages of battling cancer.
However, Dr. Kramer did say that although he’s in favor of pets being treated with medicinal marijuana that he believes more research needs to be done in order to learn more about the pros and cons of pets taking medicinal marijuana.
Kramer told JAVMA, “My position is the same as the (American Medical Association’s). We need to investigate marijuana further to determine whether the case reports I’m hearing are true or whether there’s a placebo effect at work.”
If Sen. Segerblom’s bill is passed into law, Nevada will become the first state to have a law of its kind.
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