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Medical Marijuana
Posted by FoM on July 21, 2000 at 06:07:16 PT
Letter To The Editor By David R. Ford
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Editor -- Where's your reporting about major scientific results? Smokable marijuana is a safe and effective medicine for people with AIDS! The story was released July 13 from the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. ``The federal government manipulated the study design to increase the likelihood that the results would reveal that marijuana harms the immune system and doesn't boost the appetite,'' said Chuck Thomas, director of communications for the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project. 
``But the government's plan backfired -- smoking marijuana did not cause any immunological problems, while it increased caloric intake and weight gain.'' Dr. Donald Abrams, world-renowned AIDS researcher at the University of California at San Francisco, finally completed his study after six years of navigating federal obstacles. This study shows that patients are not harming themselves or imagining their weight gain, and certainly they should not continue to be subject to arrest and imprisonment. The results revealed greater weight gain among the marijuana smoking patients than the placebo-using control group. The federal government manipulated the study design to increase the likelihood that the results would reveal that marijuana harms the immune system and doesn't boost the appetite. The Clinton administration would prefer to have pharmaceutical companies make their millions of dollars in profits with synthetic products. David R. FordSonoma Letters to the Editor should be addressed to: chronletters sfgate.comContact Information:http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/info/e-mail/Published: July 21, 2000©2000 San Francisco Chronicle  Page A20 Related Articles & Web Site:Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/Study Finds Marijuana Use Safe for HIV Patients http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread6383.shtmlStudy Finds Pot Safe for AIDS Patientshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread6390.shtmlStudy Finds Pot Use Safe for HIV Patientshttp://www.examiner.com/000713/0713aids.htmlCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archives:http://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml
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Comment #1 posted by CD1 on July 21, 2000 at 08:25:08 PT
GOOD JOB
Kudos to Mr. Ford for this letter to the editor. I urge all of you to write your editors when you find the government manipulating the facts or blatantly spreading mistruths. This is the only way the politicos will know that there is a large group of people who oppose the war on drugs and marijuana prohibition.
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