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Seriously Ill Betrayed By Feds
Posted by FoM on December 19, 1999 at 11:25:06 PT
By Dr. Michael Wayda
Source: The Capital Times
On December 1, the Clinton Administration implemented its new medicinal marijuana research guidelines which are still far too cumbersome. The guidelines also explicitly reject the Institute of Medicine's recent recommendation to open a federal compassionate use program to give individual patients immediate access to medical marijuana. 
The administration claims that there is no longer a need to change state laws because the federal research and approval process is wide open for medical marijuana. That's not true. The only hope now for protecting medical marijuana users from the threat of prison is to remove criminal penalties in the states. A statement criticizing the new guidelines was signed by Susan Sarandon, Richard Pryor, scientist Stephen Jay Gould, Ph.D., former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, best-selling natural health author Andrew Weil, M.D., _National Review_ senior editor Richard Brookhiser, AIDS Action Council, New York State Nurses Association, National Black Police Association, Reagan administration official Lyn Nofziger, and hundreds of other patients, doctors, medical organizations, celebrities, and concerned citizens.Pubdate: Sat, 18 Dec 1999Copyright: 1999 The Capital TimesNews Article Courtesy Of MapInc.http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n1372/a02.html Frank S. WorldDrug Policy Forum Of Wisconsinhttp://www.drugsense.org/dpfwi/You can meet Gary Storck at DrugSense Chat and other fine activists too! The chat is always open but activists meet here on weekend evenings between 18:00-20:00 hours PDT.http://www.drugsense.org/chat/Related Article:Medical Marijuana Is Up To Democrats In State-12/19/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4058.shtml
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Comment #1 posted by greenfox on December 20, 1999 at 15:03:31 PT
Loops
They are once again playing the wheel. Old catch 22 here, but of course (just as in 1984) poor journalism combined with the federal mafia's push for the prison contractors leads to the creation of (Orwellian) "The Ministry of Truth". Spreading misinfomration and keeping a constant position, while appearing to offer simmilar programs to everyone. Boo hoo. The crackheads of america.. (cough, menant to say politicians) are in control again. Long live Amerikka (DEAland) the land of the ---free---- (freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, war is peace....) 
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