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To: sam_b who wrote (413)	1/10/1999 8:25:00 PM
From: Zvi Steinberg	Respond to of 1386

More interesting..... Monday, January 11, 1999 With MD's permission, cops push marijuana Police supply asthmatic from Morocco with pot By Anat Cygielman, Ha'aretz Correspondent An elderly man suffering from asthma has been receiving a monthly dose of marijuana from the police for six years, with special permission of the Health Ministry. The ministry is now forming a committee to consider other individual requests to use marijuana for medical purposes, but no change in the general policy toward marijuana use is planned. The man was accustomed to smoking raw cannabis (marijuana or hashish) for medical purposes in his native country (apparently Iran) and continued to grow the plant in Israel for his own use. After repeated arrests for possession of the illicit drug in Israel, the police referred the case to the Health Ministry. The ministry's director general used his special authority to grant official permission for the man to use the drug. Every month the man reports to the police to receive a month's worth of marijuana supplied by the police from drugs confiscated in arrests. In at least one instance, the man returned during the course of the month to exchange the marijuana he received for better quality pot. Researchers have found that the active material in cannabis expands the bronchi of the lungs, relieving asthma symptoms. But the use of cannabis for asthma treatment is limited since smoking may also trigger asthma attacks.