cannabisnews.com: Souder Critical of Medical Marijuana Souder Critical of Medical Marijuana Posted by CN Staff on March 27, 2004 at 07:47:43 PT By Sylvia A. Smith, Washington Editor Source: Journal Gazette Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd, has asked the Food and Drug Administration to send a warning letter to a Canadian company that sells medical-use marijuana. It is legal in Canada to possess, grow and sell marijuana for medical purposes.In a letter sent this week, Souder asked the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to tell the Canadian company, Amigula, that it can not send marijuana to U.S. customers and that "any advertisements promoting marijuana for a medical purpose will be regulated under the existing rules that apply for direct-to-consumer marketing of drugs, including stating the adverse health risks." Warren Eugene, the founder of Amigula, said his company does not sell to U.S. customers. A form that Amigula's customers are required to fill out requires the buyer's name, address, gender, telephone number and two photos."We don't ship into the U.S.," Eugene said Thursday.Eugene said Souder should not involve himself in Canadian policies.Souder, who chairs a subcommittee that oversees the FDA and federal drug policies, told FDA Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford to "immediately send warning letters to all states, localities and sellers of marijuana explaining that botanical marijuana has not been approved by the FDA for medical use and cannot be advertised as such and imposing penalties, as appropriate, on those that continue to illegally promote this dangerous drug as medicine."Nine states - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington - permit the use of marijuana. Legalization is under consideration in other states, including Connecticut, Illinois and Vermont.In December, a federal court ruled that the federal law prohibiting medical marijuana may not apply to sick people who live in states that permit marijuana to be used for medical reasons and who have a doctor's recommendation.Some doctors and ill people say marijuana relieves the pain and nausea associated with AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and other diseases.Souder has frequently said that is a bogus argument."There are no generally recognized health benefits to smoking marijuana," he said in a congressional debate last summer. Note: FDA urged to warn Canadian seller.Source: Journal Gazette, The (IN)Author: Sylvia A. Smith, Washington EditorPublished: Saturday, March 27, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Journal GazetteContact: letters jg.netWebsite: http://www.journalgazette.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmCanada Plans Pharmacy Marijuana Project http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18531.shtmlGov't Plans To Sell Marijuana at Pharmacieshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18527.shtmlFirst Publicly Traded Medical Marijuana Company http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18505.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #9 posted by billos on March 28, 2004 at 14:21:46 PT: Sauder quotes reflects his idiotic views......... Mark Souder R-Indiana Quotes from his appearance on C-SPANWe are making remarkable process eradicating coca in Columbia.Most of the MJ comes from Columbia and Mexico.We need to initiate aggressive programs in schools.If we can win the WoD..it would mean less violence, much less violence, 70 – 80% all crime is drug and alcohol related. We will never win the WoD. We need to keep a constant effort to keep drug use at a minimum and then treat the users.War on terrorism includes the WoD. . Made great strides in Bolivia...down to 2 %.. and Peru...463million..3 for eradication....150 mil for institution training. A chunk for interdiction.Equador. could be next target..North Peru we are looking at...columbia too.MJ is very deadly if over-used. MJ treated like alcohol when DUI..Alcohol and cigs are gateways to MJ...Drug use is up....”very inaccurate outlook”400,000 teenagers less have used drugs..When asked”What are you going to do about the fact that MJ stays in system longer??? Answer: “MJ impacts your system longer than alcohol” MJ is the #1 gateway drug [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by jose melendez on March 28, 2004 at 03:15:08 PT Souder once funded by Club for Growth, Enron ties? from: http://www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/legislation/section527/articles.cfm?ID=7787"Spending during 2002’s first quarter looked different, as issue ad campaigns were not yet in full swing. The Club for Growth, a free-market advocacy group, accounted for most of the mass media spending with an ad clobbering Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and ads in two GOP congressional primaries. In Indiana, the Club took a shot at former Fort Wayne Mayor Paul Helmke in a race against incumbent Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.). (The ad said Helmke was "pro-tax, pro-Clinton.") In Iowa, the Club ran an ad touting state Sen. Steve King’s record as he makes a run for an open congressional seat in the state’s fifth district."see also:http://archive.aclu.org/vote-guide/396.htmlhttp://www.mediawhoresonline.net/friendsenron.htmhttp://www.clubforgrowth.com/video/daschle.htmlhere is a hard hitting expose on Club for Growth's Stephen Moore:http://www.spinsanity.org/columns/20030922.htmlHere is the mapinc.org archive on Souder:http://www.mapinc.org/people/Mark+Souder [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by ben on March 27, 2004 at 20:50:07 PT Bud Sales I'm from Canada and I think Amigula is nothing but a stock scam never heard of anyone ever ordering anthing from them or anthing said in the forums about them. If anything there trying raise millions through stock beware. But I have heard good things of dobbie central, I Have tried bud buddy and was pleased nice and dry, I believe marjuana home delivery in Quebec is also on the up and up. But they all state that they won't send to US. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by OverwhelmSam on March 27, 2004 at 18:26:09 PT: Who's Paying This Guy?! Mark Souder has some knid of weird cult fetish hatred for marijuana and marijuana users. Either that, or someone or some corporation is padding his pockets thickly, to deter the reluctant epiphany - that marijuana is actually good for some people.If MPP really wanted to do something constructive for this election, they would support someone else against this guy in his district, and send this guy home! [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on March 27, 2004 at 15:09:45 PT Amigula and America Americans cannot buy Amigula's product, but they can certainly buy and short Amigula's stock. GPH mentions the short term price, but look at the two year chart below - it's the weirdest chart I've ever seen. It looks mostly like a small thinly traded penny stock, but then briefly last fall it spikes to the 200 range and just as quickly returns to the penny stock range. I'm curious to know more about Amigula - do we have any of their Canadian customers who could tell us if they're for real, and if so, some opinion of their service and product? Amigula 2-year chart [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by phil_debowl on March 27, 2004 at 11:07:24 PT The noose is tightening It seems the noose is tightening on the feds and their hands are getting tied tighter and tighter. Send all the letters you want, just keep your feds outta our states! [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by E_Johnson on March 27, 2004 at 09:23:54 PT Give the man another bucket of paint! He can paint himself even tighter into that political corner.What a lousy gambler he is. He's betting on medical marijuana being debuunked some day.It's never going to be debunked, Mark. IT's only being validated more and more solidly by every piece of science that gets done.Your only hope, Mark, is to ban science completely, and even Bush won't go THAT far.Eventually, Mark, your biggest campaign contributor will get cancer, smoke a little pot, and either dump you as a candidadate or take you to the woodshed, beat on your skinny little behind, and make you change your tune. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by goneposthole on March 27, 2004 at 08:23:56 PT Those Canadian heretics "The Spanish Inquisition once condemned the entire Netherlands to death for heresy." http://fusionanomaly.net/heresy.htmlAmigula was 2.25 USD two weeks ago. Yesterday it closed at 0.65 USD. It got shorted big time. I smell a rat. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on March 27, 2004 at 08:09:07 PT Souder Why is he telling Canada what to do? [ Post Comment ] Post Comment