cannabisnews.com: New MMJ Research Guidelines Should Go Up In Smoke New MMJ Research Guidelines Should Go Up In Smoke Posted by FoM on February 01, 2000 at 18:29:28 PT By Dr. Dean Edell Source: HealthCentral The government is continuing to stonewall researchers when it comes to experiments involving the medical use of marijuana. New guidelines unduly burden researchers and will prevent medical marijuana research from moving ahead as expeditiously as possible, says a large coalition of medical groups, scientists and other concerned citizens that is critical of the new guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS). The coalition says that the new guidelines require extra levels of protocol review for marijuana research that are not expected of other pharmaceutical research. They also object to the government's refusal to open a compassionate use program for patients to get immediate legal access to medical marijuana, even though it was recommended by the National Institute of Medicine's March 1999 report. I can’t see what objection there could possibly be to legitimate researchers doing research with any drug or molecule. This is how we progress and discover things that benefit us. For example, look at the benefits we’ve derived from morphine, which is an abusable drug. Visit the Medical Marijuana Center:http://www.healthcentral.com/Centers/OneCenter.cfm?Center=MarijuanaI’ve talked about the potential benefits from medical marijuana research, particularly for people in pain or who want to control nausea during cancer treatments. And the evidence is mounting that it has real potential for medicinal uses. The Clinton administration can still modify these guidelines and a petition signed by a large number of organizations and individuals is urging it to do so. The coalition says if the Federal government doesn't change these guidelines, they will work on the state level to pass favorable medical marijuana laws. It’s time lawmakers stop playing politics with marijuana and wake up to the fact that it is a legitimate subject of scientific research. Pubdate: January 21, 2000HealthCental.comNewshawk: Pat WhelanPat's Home Pagehttp://homepages.infoseek.com/~marthag1/patshome.htmCannabis News Medical Marijuana Articles:http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtmlSearch Of Cannabis News Medical Marijuana Articles: http://www.google.com/search?q=CannabisNews+Medical+Marijuana&num=10&sa=Google+Search Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #1 posted by kaptinemo on February 01, 2000 at 18:57:25 PT Same old story The government is not about to admit its' culpability in a 63-year-long conspiracy to prevent the American people from learning the truth about cannabis, it's therapeutic and industrial uses, etc. Particularly, it is not about to admit it's peculiar role in that conspiracy. To give an inch in any direction is to open a floodgate that will drown the current beneficiaries of this policy fiscally, politically...and legally. That's why they continue to insist upon testing protocols that no researcher in a major pharmaceutical corporation would ever be forced to endure.Just like the protests that led to the questioning of the government's role in the Vietnam War, it is only when massive groups of people from all walks of life demand an end to this stone-walling that anything will change. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: