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Here's a link to marijuananews.com info on NIDA "research".
http://www.google.com/custom?q=nida&sa=Google+Search&cof=LW%3A460%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.marijuananews.com%2Fimages%2Fmarijuananews_logo1.gif%3BLC%3ABlue%3BLH%3A100%3BAH%3Acenter%3BVLC%3APurple%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.marijuananews.com%3BAWFID%3Af1ca2396b23dcf44%3B&domains=www.marijuananews.com&sitesearch=www.marijuananews.com
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Darned link didn't work. If interested go to marijuananews.com, click "search" and type in NIDA. Their "studies" are reviewed and exposed there.
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Didn't CBS and the rest of the boob tube gang tell us that Saddam had "nucular" weapons and that Iraq was involved with 9/11?
Gimme a break!
500,000 to 750,000 Americans arrested for pot law violations, every year.
Lies have consequences.
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There are lies from all sides of the issue.
There is research supporting all sides of the issue.
There are boob-tube, pbs, religious(moral) - reports(stories) talking about all sides of the issues.
I do not limit my information sources to just one slice of the pie(depending on how hungry the issue makes me)and try to gather as many ingredients as possible - sift well - take my time coating the pan - fill - let it bake - then partake and eureka - an opinion!
Time will tell - I'm listening?
Time will tell - I should have been speaking?
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put this in your bong and smoke it!
American Psychiatric Association Assembly Unanimously Backs Medical Marijuana
Tim King Salem-News.com
A major move by one of the nation's top medical groups, they are backing medical marijuana and they want the federal government to leave doctors alone.
Courtesy: Marijuana Policy Project
(WASHINGTON, D.C. ) - In a unanimous vote, the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association has approved a strongly worded statement supporting legal protection for patients using medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation.
"This is a very large and important medical organization, it isn't some fringe group," said Bruce Mirken from the Marijuana Policy Project.
He told Salem-News.com, "This move debunks a lot of the nonsense from some of the anti-medical marijuana groups. They have been aggressively using false information tactics. These groups allege that there are various links between mental illness and marijuana, ignoring the fact that it is well documented that medical marijuana can be therapeutic".
The APA action paper, which must be approved by the APA Board of Trustees when it meets in December, notes that 12 states now have medical marijuana laws, and states, "The threat of arrest by federal agents, however, still exists. Seriously ill patients living in these states with medical marijuana recommendations from their doctors should not be subjected to the threat of punitive federal prosecution for merely attempting to alleviate the chronic pain, side effects, or symptoms associated with their conditions or resulting from their overall treatment regimens. ... [We] support protection for patients and physicians participating in state approved medical marijuana programs."
This is not the first, but the second action paper calling on the government to facilitate "well-designed clinical research into the medical utility of marijuana" were adopted Saturday with no dissenting votes by the APA Assembly, which represents the group's 74 district branches and 16 allied professional organizations.
"This vote is a landmark, and a proud day for our profession." said Abraham L. Halpern, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry at New York Medical College and past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. "As physicians, we cannot abide our patients being subject to arrest and jail for using a physician-recommended treatment that clearly relieves suffering for many who are not helped by conventional treatments."
"This unanimous vote shows the growing acceptance of medical marijuana by organized medicine," said Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C. "Members of Congress who have opposed efforts to protect patients from federal prosecution have tried to portray medical marijuana as a fringe issue. But the APA Assembly vote, along with other recent endorsements including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, shows that it's those who want to arrest the sick and suffering who are on the fringe."
With 40,000 members and 16 allied organizations (including the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Association for Social Psychiatry, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, and the American Association of Emergency Psychiatrists), the American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization for psychiatrists in the United States.
Mirken says the the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association's trustees will vote on the matter in December.
With more than 23,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP believes that the best way to minimize the harm associated with marijuana is to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.
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What about our kids smoking dope you ask, what about their health...
No worries, beef curry!
http://salem-news.com/articles/november0..._11707.php
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more food for thought
http://fas.org/drugs/issue7.htm#1
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Organizations abound with opinions to consume or burn; either the drug or the opinion!
"MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA
The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry endorses the Institute of Medicine (IOM)1 report supporting the therapeutic value of cannabinoid drugs for pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting and appetite stimulation for debilitating conditions such as AIDS. We are in favor of compassion for the ill and the availability of marijuana for medical purposes based on current evidence. Although we are against State and Federal regulations and laws that would make it difficult for physicians to prescribe marijuana for medical uses, we see a need for significant research to develop better drugs. We also remain against legalization of marijuana, unregulated use of marijuana, or use for conditions other than those specified in the IOM report.
Numerous studies suggest that marijuana smoke poses a significant risk for the development of respiratory diseases, substance abuse and substance dependence. In addition, research suggests that marijuana can lead to hazardous operation of heavy equipment and can complicate psychiatric conditions.
We therefore make the following recommendations:
1. That marijuana undergo clinical trials for FDA drug approval as a class 2 drug
2. That research focus on the potential usefulness of marijuana’s isolated components, the cannabinoids, and their synthetic derivatives as well as the development of rapid onset nonsmoked cannabinoid delivery systems
3. That the recommended IOM conditions be met prior to short-term use of smoked marijuana (less than 6 months) for patients with debilitating conditions. These conditions are:
- failure of all approved medications to provide relief has been documented
- the symptoms can reasonably be expected to be relieved by rapid-onset cannabinoid drugs
- such treatment is administered under medical supervision in a manner that allows for assessment of treatment effectiveness
- and there is an oversight strategy comparable to an institutional review board process that could provide guidance within 24 hours of submission by a physician to provide marijuana to a patient for a specified use
4. That caution should be followed in patients with comorbid psychiatric problems"
The IOM report: http://books.nap.edu/html/marimed/
Oh! By the way I am not against the PROPER use of any drug be it alcohol, cannabis or oxycotin. There is a proper time and place.
Time will tell - I'm listening?
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Menehune,
Just wanted to mention that in the years I've followed this issue, I have to say that the marijuana policy reform groups and movement have to be and are scrupulously honest.
If norml.org or mpp.org, for example, engaged in lying, they'd lose all political and popular credibility, not to mention funding.
Check out Richard Cowen's outstanding, marijuananews.com, site for a good example of what I'm refering to.
On the other hand, our government and pro-prohibition groups are constantly caught lying and distorting information.
They must lie in order to defend the indefensible, Prohbition.
Whether one refers to folks like Dr. Robert Melameide, Dr. Lester Grinspoon of Harvard, Chris Conrad, ect., the folks who lead the reform movement are some of the finest, most honest people one is ever likely to meet.
Aloha,
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My guess is that Liquor Lobbyists pay big bucks to keep thinks status quo! They have more $$'s than the tobacco lobbyists even, as they have kept taxation off the bottle quite successfully.
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