

Gupta, the network's chief medical correspondent and a brain surgeon, detailed his change of heart in an interview Friday and in an article for CNN's website titled, Why I changed my mind on weed. He will narrate a documentary on the topic that will air on the network Sunday.

He wrote in Time magazine in 2009 Why I would Vote No on Pot, about his opposition to laws that would make the drug available for medical purposes. Smoking the stuff is not going to do your health any good, he wrote then. But Gupta said Friday he too easily associated marijuana with malingerers that just wanted to get high.

Now he wants to say he's sorry.

Gupta s article on Why I changed my mind on weed, came after a year-long documentary project where he traveled around the world, speaking with a variety of patients.








I do think it's good to separate the two of them, he said.

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