Con There currently exists controversy concerning smoking marijuana as a medicine. Many well-intentioned leaders and members of the public have been misled, by the well financed and organized pro-drug legalization lobby, into believing there is merit to their argument that smoking marijuana is a safe and effective medicine. A review of the scientific research, expert medical testimony and government agency findings shows this to be erroneous. There is no justification for using marijuana as medicine. …
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…marijuana to any FDA-approved researcher who requests it, the National Institute on Drug Abuse -- the only legal source of marijuana for clinical research in the United States -- uses unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles to justify denying researchers the marijuana they need. In the meantime, patients continue to suffer. Congress has the power and the responsibility to change federal law so that seriously ill people nationwide can use medical marijuana without fear of arrest and imprisonment.