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Government Makes Marijuana Easier to Get!
Posted by FoM on May 24, 1999 at 09:39:58 PT
Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON Research with government-grown marijuana is expected to become more common by December under new guidelines issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Under new rules, NIDA, one of the National Institutes of Health, will sell government marijuana to privately funded scientists whose research proposals have been approved. The move is expected to prompt more studies to see if the drug helps people with AIDS, cancer or eye disease. Government marijuana is grown on a small plot of land by the University of Mississippi under a contract with NIDA. Previously, only scientists who had won federal grants had access to that marijuana. And only a few such federal studies have been approved. ''We all thought the time was right'' for the new guidelines, Steven W. Gust, a special assistant to the director of NIDA, said Friday. Click the above link to read the whole article!Marijuana Policy Project's Web Site!http://www.mpp.org/
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