NY Madman
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Originally posted by Mobycat:
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 AGAINST it, either.
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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.
Yes.... The AMA does recommend further scientific research into the medical uses of marijuana. The DEA also approves of scientific studies into the medical uses of marijuana.
However, the AMA clearly states that they do not approve of the delivery device being smoking. There are too many adverse affects of smoking. Especially in sick people.
The AMA wants a delivery device such as an inhaler if marijuana cannabinoids are proven to have further medical benefits than is currently known.
The AMA will never approve of smoking any plant mixtures. They don't think it should be done longer than six months in any studies or clinical trials either.
You can review the AMA's opinions and recommendations here.....
Even if inhalers are produced that deliver the cannibiniods into the body, the medical marijuana people will never be happy. The entire issue is nothing but a complete fraud and designed to circumvent the law.
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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?
Marinol is a synthetic substance that has been available since the 80's. Smoked marijuana has many chemical components. Some of which are not good for the body. Some are also little known by science.
Marinol has the same or similar effects as pot but without all the impurities that come with pot and the act of smoking it.
The main argument of the medical marijuana fraudsters against Marinol is that it does not act immediately such as the act of smoking.
I wouldn't say the guy was lying. The Clinton Administration's "drug Czar" also stated back then that the medical marijuana issue was basically a fraud that he described as a "stalking horse" for pot legalization.
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