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Luebke Introduces Marijuana Study Bill 
Posted by FoM on April 12, 2001 at 06:41:56 PT
By The Associated Press
Source: News & Observer
A state lawmaker has introduced a bill to study the possibility of allowing patients to use, possess or grow marijuana with their doctors' approval. Rep. Paul Luebke, D-Durham, said Wednesday that he does not know enough about the medical use of marijuana to endorse it, but knows that it ought to be studied."The question is whether people are willing to examine the issue as a pain reliever and not get caught up in the presuppositions with that particular substance," Luebke said.
The Hawaii legislature enacted a medical marijuana law last June and seven states have enacted similar measures through ballot initiatives: Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.The Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C., group that works to decriminalize marijuana use, said North Carolina was on "the cutting edge of the medical marijuana issue" in 1979 when it enacted a law allowing physicians to administer marijuana-related products.But in 1987, the group said, the legislature rewrote the law to say physicians may only administer THC, the primary active ingredient in marijuana. THC was approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration as a prescription medicine in 1985, the group said."Unfortunately, the North Carolina legislature was hoodwinked by the federal government's approval of the THC pill, which does not work as well as marijuana for most patients," said Chuck Thomas, a spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project. "Many patients continue to use natural marijuana, especially cancer patients who are vomiting from chemotherapy, who can't keep pills down and need the immediate relief that a puff of marijuana can provide."Source: News & Observer (NC)Published: Thursday, April 12, 2001Copyright: 2001 The News and Observer Publishing CompanyContact: forum nando.comWebsite: http://www.news-observer.com/Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml
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