Pot times July 15, 2005
Feds Wouldn't Grow Marijuana If It Didn't Have
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1114/a02.htmlNewshawk: End Marijuana Prohibition http://www.mpp.org
Pubdate: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 FEDS WOULDN'T GROW MARIJUANA IF IT DIDN'T HAVE MEDICINAL USE
Source: Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Copyright: 2005 The Anchorage Daily News
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Author: James Garhart
I imagine that several decades ago the conversation went something like this:
"Hey, fellow pharmaceutical researchers, let's spend untold millions to
synthetically replicate something with no known medical use, THC, the main
chemical in marijuana. Then we'll get the FDA to study our patented
synthetic replicate of something with no medical use and approve it for highly
profitable sale as medicine."
Then the new guy asks, "But haven't people been using marijuana for
recreational, religious and medicinal purposes for thousands of years?"
"Well, yes," the answer came, "but we don't have clinical studies
proving marijuana is medicinally effective."
Again the new guy inquires: "But hasn't the federal government been
growing, preparing and dispensing marijuana as medicine to people such as Robert
Randall for over 30 years? And after 30 years of smoking
federal-government-supplied medicinal marijuana on a daily basis, shouldn't they
know if it is medicinally effective?"
The seasoned company man replies, "You'd think so, but if people realize
they can grow their own medicinal marijuana at minimal cost, then they won't
need to pay the exorbitant price we charge for our FDA-approved, patented
synthetic replicate of something some people still insist has no medicinal
use."
The Earth is not flat, the Earth revolves around the sun and marijuana has
legitimate, effective medicinal uses. Get over it.
James Garhart
Wasilla
