Tanya Lewis,
LiveScience Staff Writer
Date: 05 April
2013 Time: 11:49 AM ET
Polls show the
majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, but should dogs have it
too? It sounds crackpot, but Veterinarian Doug Kramer thinks that the THC in
marijuana could help dogs and other pets with painful conditions that don't
respond to other treatments. VICE chatted with Kramer about his pot-for-pets
campaign.
"A client
first brought it to my attention," Kramer told VICE. "She had a pet
that was not responding well to any of the pain medications or the steroids
that we were giving it, and she wanted to talk about getting medical
marijuana."
Some vets
dismissed the idea, but Kramer was open to trying it. He gave it to his dog
Nikita, who had untreatable cancer, to increase her quality of life. And he
gives it to cats too. But blowing smoke in your pet's face for fun isn't cool,
he said.
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