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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (13598)	12/25/2007 6:03:07 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25737

What is CBD? TIA GZ

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (13598)	12/25/2007 10:34:10 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 25737

The feds have a neat 'Catch 22' method for preventing any medical or scientific research on the drug in this country. Firstly, they tell everyone that 'until the FDA approves a medicine' (forgetting for just a moment that the FDA's regulatory mandate does not extent to unpatented natural plants and such...), it is dangerous and inappropriate for anyone to consider using as a medicinal.... Secondly, they have granted the regulatory agency who's mandate is to ban drugs, not evaluate them, the DEA, the authority to ban any and all research. Even if the FDA (for example... or AAS, or any other potential researcher) actually wanted to conduct a drug efficacy trial, they would have to have the DEA sign-off on the trial before it could be authorized. (And, of course... knowing full well which side their toast is buttered on, <G>, the DEA only approves drug trials that are reasonably expected - by them - to produce evidence of harm, or some similar headline-capable result which could play into their worldview. When there is any actual doubt about the results of a trial design... they refuse permission.) Third roadblock to scientific or medical research is that all trials are required to ONLY use the drug that is supplied to them by the federal government --- regardless of how poor or unreliable a quality it may be. If the feds refuse to supply a research trial --- even if it ALREADY has passed the first two hurdles, has FDA and DEA's specific sanction... then, in the absence of anything to test, the research if roadblocked. And people say the government isn't good at anything! :-)