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**uneniaPhenits** · 12-28-2011, 08:33 AM

i only used marijuana as an example as it was part of the OP. but my confusion is in general. many medicinal drugs can and do intoxicate. so as per the hadith about all intoxicants being haram, shouldnt medicinal drugs also be haram?

I think its the 'need' that makes it halal. I think there is a fatwa on it on askimam.

For example 'ketamine' can be used for genuine reasons like surgical anesthesia. But some people use it as abuse drug too. I guess it becomes haram in the second case.

Edit: In case of Marijuana. The dose is arbitrary, the delivery system is not constant. Better and more efficient alternatives are available.

12-28-2011, 08:33 AM	#14
uneniaPhenits Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 684 Senior Member	i only used marijuana as an example as it was part of the OP. but my confusion is in general. many medicinal drugs can and do intoxicate. so as per the hadith about all intoxicants being haram, shouldnt medicinal drugs also be haram? I think its the 'need' that makes it halal. I think there is a fatwa on it on askimam. For example 'ketamine' can be used for genuine reasons like surgical anesthesia. But some people use it as abuse drug too. I guess it becomes haram in the second case. Edit: In case of Marijuana. The dose is arbitrary, the delivery system is not constant. Better and more efficient alternatives are available.
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