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To: Rock_nj who wrote (7327)	7/14/2004 6:08:57 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 20039

Rock > The point I'm trying to make is that if enough people get their states to pass medical marijuana laws, how can the feds thrawrt the will of the people? The point I'm trying to make is if there's a need for "medical marijuana", and even if the states legalize it or they don't, the drug companies will make a marijuana-type product, license it, patent it, and the natural product will still be unavailable. In fact it has been done already. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov >>Bayer AG has recently announced that it acquired exclusive rights for the marketing of GW Pharmaceuticals' new medicine Sativex in Europe and in other regions. Sativex is a sublingual spray on Cannabis extract basis, and is equipped with an electronic tool to facilitate accurate dosing and to prevent misuses. It is standardized for the THC and CBD. The new analgesic is proposed for the treatment of muscle spasticity and pains accompanying multiple sclerosis and as an efficient analgetic for neurogenic pain not responding well to opioids and to other therapies available. The entirely new mechanism of action through the recently discovered cannabinoid receptor system may offer a real therapeutic potential to the drug. Although the Government of Netherlands has authorized the sale of pharmaceutical grade Cannabis herb by pharmacies in the Netherlands, the availability on the pharmaceutical market of the registered preparation may render requests for the authorization of the smoking of Cannabis herb (marihuana) by individuals suffering of multiple sclerosis, neurogenic pain, AIDS wasting syndrome unnecessary. Nevertheless, the "old chameleon" plant Cannabis appears to gradually regain its previous status in mainstream therapy and pharmacy. As long as the plant Cannabis and its products continue to be classified as narcotic drugs, medical use of the new preparation will need close supervision.<<

To: Rock_nj who wrote (7327)	7/14/2004 6:19:19 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 20039

I sincerely apologize if I blew out both of your neurons. The point I'm trying to make is that if enough people get their states to pass medical marijuana laws, how can the feds thrawrt the will of the people? It's called "The US Army". The South thought it could ignore anti-discrimination laws in the '50s and '60s. The army and federal marshalls showed them different. The feds don't regulate things like how much nudity a state allows in a go-go bar or how old someone has to be to drive a car. That is where medical marijuana will be in a few years if enough states diverege from the federal government's policy, federal policy will have to change to accomodate the will of the people. Maybe. Maybe not. At least that way. The fact that a bunch of states are flouting federal law does not change federal by itself nor does it mean the feds will necessarily cave in. The feds leave many things up to the states to decide, sooner or later medical marijuana might be one of them. Might. As of now, the feds claim federal jurisdiction and federal supremacy. There's no reason why FDA DEA regulations and federal laws can't be changed to accomodate the wishes of the states in regards to medicinal marijuana. Our laws can be ammended and changed. I don't argue that. IF federal law is changed to either legalize medical marijuana or marijuana, then it's legal. Until then, it's not. Now take another toke on that reefer. It certainly won't make your reasoning powers any worse than they are.