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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (42485)	12/29/2010 11:51:33 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

Re: "it's a simple process of filing paperwork." Really? A researcher applies to the FDA for approval of their research effort.... (Maybe the FDA approves it, maybe not. Let's say for now that they approve it.) But then the researcher STILL has no legal way to acquire the marijuana needed to conduct their research --- because ONLY the DEA can approve the waver they need to be able to legally acquire and then test with marijuana. (The US Agriculture Department is the only legal producer in the United States. They grow marijuana on a farm behind triple layers of razor wire in Miss. But they ONLY PROVIDE IT to researchers who have a PERMIT ISSUED BY THE DEA. That's the law.) The DEA is the gatekeeper and they act as a roadblock. They do not approve research applications that show the slightest chance of demonstrating a beneficial medical result for marijuana. They tend to only approve research applications that are targeted to demonstrate 'harm'. (Any beneficial results must sort of 'slip through the cracks' in the process. <g>) That is the state of things in the US. (But the DEA is only doing what ALL BUREAUCRACIES do. It is protecting it's own power and perks and reason for being.... It's reason for being is to ban drug use.)

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (42485)	12/31/2010 9:01:00 AM
From: Gersh Avery	Respond to of 103300

Happy new year everyone! Medicated feds: While the federal government has officially denied that marijuana has any medical benefits, it's a different story behind the scenes. The U.S. government actually holds a patent for the medical use of marijuana. U.S. Patent 6630507, granted in 2003, and titled "Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants," is held by the United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services. The abstract to the patent reads: "Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This newfound property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation-associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example, in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia."