The Food and Drug Administration statement directly contradicts a 1999 review by the Institute of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most prestigious scientific advisory agency. That review found marijuana to be "moderately well suited for particular conditions, such as chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and AIDS wasting."
Dr. John Benson, co-chairman of the Institute of Medicine committee that examined the research into marijuana's effects, said in an interview that the statement on Thursday and the combined review by other agencies were wrong.
[size=75]You are as bad as Alan, and even he hits the mark sometimes. -charlie
"Not all conservatives are stupid, but most stupid people are conservative." - John Stuart Mill[/size]
It's amazing how people refuse to unlearn what they have been taught. Obviously, marijuana is an incredible threat to our society and our children's wellbeing. Of course, it is ok for the government to allow companies to pour tons of pollutants into the air and water, but a person can't smoke the occasional joint. Makes a lot of sense.
The theory of evolution is just as stupid as the theories of gravity and electromagnetism.
Oh yeah. How uncool of those government dicks to release that on 4/20!
More seriously, a political misstep too. I think the right wing can sell the drug war but not if they stupidly ignore credible evidence showing medical benefits. Dummies. Bought and paid for by pharmacueticals, too.
I actually saw an 'anti-drug' ad that was pretty cool. It shows a college aged guy sitting on a couch with two other guys, and he basically says that if he smokes up with his buddies nothing terrible is going to happen to him, but then, nothing much at all is going to happen while sitting on the couch baked. It's a bit of an exaggeration (isn't being baked and end unto itself?), but in contrast to most anti-drug propaganda it wasn't hysterical bullshit.
