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Transcripts: CNN World Report - Medical Marijuana
Posted by FoM on August 19, 2001 at 19:26:41 PT
Canada - Trials for Marijuana-Based Pain Reliever 
Source: CNN 
SHIHAB RATTANSI, CNN ANCHOR: Clinical trials for marijuana-based pain medication are beginning in Canada. The British company developing the drug is testing it on patients with multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries and other chronic pain conditions. Last month, Canada became the first country in the world to allow terminally ill patients to legally grow and smoke marijuana. As Norman Hermant of Canada's CBC reports, one of the country's largest groups of doctors is condemning the law. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
NORMAN HERMANT, CBC CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): New rules couldn't come soon enough for Marilyn Chamney (ph). For six years, she has used marijuana illegally to control severe epilepsy, and she says the drug has done what nothing else could. MARILYN CHAMNEY, EPILEPSY PATIENT: The nausea has gone away, my seizures, thank God, came to a complete stop. Not slowly went away, completely stopped. HERMANT: As of today, Chamney (ph) can apply to use marijuana legally, and under new regulations from Health Canada she will be able to do more than just that. DR. JODY COMBER, HEALTH CANADA: Applicants who are authorized to possess and also apply to cultivate or can apply to have a designated grower cultivate for them. HERMANT: Or, starting in January, they can get it from the federal government, from this licensed marijuana farm, set up in an abandoned mine in Manitoba. The new rules are designed to end the legal confusion over the medical use of marijuana. In the past, people had to try to win legal exemption in the courts. Nearly 300 were successful, but many others weren't. So, last summer, a court ordered the government to do something about it. (on camera): Still, this is a long way from dropping by your local drug store. First, Health Canada needs signatures from specialists, application forms, even passport photos. If approved, you will get a card like a drivers license that tells police you are legally allowed to toke. (voice-over): But the Canadian Medical Association says the government is moving too quickly on an issue that needs more research. DR. PETER BARRETT, CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: Usually what happens is products go through rigorous testing and we know where works and where it does not work, what the risks, side effects are. In this case, we do not know any of that. HERMANT: Other doctors who support the use of medical marijuana say these rules could actually limit access. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This may well be a bureaucrat's idea of a really good system. HERMANT: Dr. John Goodhew (ph) helped 30 patients win legal exemptions for marijuana under the old system. Now, they all have to reapply, under the system Goodhew (ph) says is far more complicated. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The amount of red tape that we're going to have to go through and other doctors will have to go through to get one patient on, for all intents and purposes makes medical marijuana inaccessible for most people. HERMANT: Marilyn Chamney (ph) could not win an exemption under the old rules, but she says she will try again under the new regulations. CHAMNEY: I finally have my life back, thanks to this misunderstood plant. HERMANT: She says she'll keep smoking that plant whether she gets a marijuana license or not. Norman Hermant, CBC News, Toronto. (END VIDEOTAPE)TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT: http://www.fdch.com THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.Source: CNN World ReportDL: Clinical Trials for Marijuana-Based Pain Reliever Begin in Canadahttp://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0108/19/wr.03.htmlSource: CNN (US)Aired: August 19, 2001Copyright: 2001 Cable News Network, Inc.Website: http://www.cnn.com/Contact: cnn.feedback cnn.comFTE's Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmMedicinal Pot Users Hail Wonders of Weed http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10606.shtmlDeep In The Ground Lies The Marijuana Farm http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10509.shtmlCanada Legalizes Marijuana For Medical Purposeshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10468.shtml
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