CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta goes pro-pot for ‘Weed’ doc

CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, has long been skeptical about the medical benefits of marijuana. But now he’s got a documentary set to air on the news network called “Weed� and he’s announcing that he’s changed his tune.

That’s not to say that we should start calling him Dr. “Feelgood,� but he is publicly apologizing for his previous opposition to the legalization of medical marijuana.

In an essay titled “Why I Changed My Mind on Weed,� written for CNN’s website, Gupta cops to relying on mainstream research and not digging deep enough into the issue.

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“I didn’t look far enough,� he writes. “I didn’t review papers from smaller labs in other countries doing some remarkable research, and I was too dismissive of the loud chorus of legitimate patients whose symptoms improved on cannabis.�

After some firsthand experience with patients benefiting from their pot use, Gupta has come to the realization that we, as a nation, need to reconsider our views.

“We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that,� he writes.

In “Weed,� Gupta travels around the globe, getting insight into the truth about the benefits or harms of medical marijuana.

The documentary is scheduled to air on CNN on Sunday.

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