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Originally posted by NY Madman:
I would say NIDA provides the pot for research. You would most likely have to contact HHS and get a permit and then the marijauna from NIDA. You would also have to be a legitimate research organization or university that does medical and scientific research. Not "Bill and Ted" looking for an 'excellent adventure'.
I don't disagree with that - a legitimate third party that has no bias on the subject is where it would have to be done.

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There is no major legitimate medical organization that advocates medical marijuana.
There is no major legitimate medical organization that advocates AGAINST it, either.

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Why would any legitimate medical professional tell sick people to smoke something when they can get the active chemicals in a pill form?
Because the pill is not as effective in delivery. Any substance is delivered more efficiently (and quickly) when it's smoked as opposed to swallowed.

By the way - John P. Walters, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, wrote back in 2004: smoked marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance...has no medical value...

Now, if he said that...and Marinol has THC, which is the substance that is Marinol is used for...isn't his comment a flat out lie? Regardless of the dangers (or lack of dangers) of pot, isn't that a flat out lie?
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