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Marijuana as Medicine!
Posted by FoM on April 07, 1999 at 14:56:49 PT
State Bill Inches Forward
Source: Aristotle Net
On March 17 the drug czar's appointed panel verified that marijuana does indeed have medical benefits. Reporting to the Federal Government, the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine said that marijuana can be effective in relieving pain and nausea. Whether this report portends a course change for the drug war ship of state 'Titanic' remains to be seen. However, it does make the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act (HB-1043) penned by Jim Lendall appear to be a most timely piece of legislation.
The Act has recently been placed on the active agenda of the State House's Health, Welfare and Labor Committee. However this committee's active agenda is rather lengthy, and there is a good chance that many bills assigned to it will not by addressed before session's end. "What's been happening," according to Lendall, "is that antiabortion legislation has been given special order status in the committee, and by the time we finished debating these, there was little time left to address the many bills awaiting our consideration.Click above link for the full story!
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