Medical Marijuana: The Institute of Medicine Report - Psychiatric Times

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Medical Marijuana: The Institute of Medicine Report
Psychiatric Times
The most rigorous scientific review of â??medical marijuanaâ?? to date was carried out by the Institute of Medicine in 1999, under the direction of Drs John A. ...
The Past, Present, and Future of Medical Marijuana in the United StatesPsychiatric Times

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"The current and future status of the medical use of marijuana
Imagine the cancer survivor who resides in one of the 13 states that recognizes medical use of marijuana. She can ingest the herb knowing that federal agents are unlikely to kick her door down and arrest her. She will also know that her conduct is patently illegal. Every day, to address the nausea that accompanies her chemotherapy, she will engage in illegal conduct that the attorney general has authorized.
This is the nature of the compromise that the October 19 memorandum represents. The nation’s top law enforcement official has embraced the “compassionate use” that the California electorate recognized more than a dozen years ago. Current law may be the best that the cancer patient can hope for, but the remainder of the populace should not be satisfied. Those who support medical use of marijuana should not be happy with its continuing illegality. Those opposed to it should not accept federally licensed illegal behavior. Now, perhaps more than ever, in the words of Richard Nixon, we need “a goddamn strong statement on marijuana.”"

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