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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

First thank you for responding.

Second, I don't recall asking you this in the past on this form, and I am sure their might be others that would like this information.

1972 and Nixon, lots have changed since then. I will take a look at that report.

Take a look at the 1999 study by the Institute of Medicine, "Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base" as well. Here is what the DEA took out of that report and posted in a press release:

In 1999 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) undertook a landmark study reviewing the alleged medical properties of marijuana. Advocates of so-called medical marijuana frequently tout this study, but the study's findings decisively undercut their arguments. In truth, the IOM explicitly found that marijuana is not medicine and expressed concern about patients' smoking it because smoking is a harmful drug-delivery system. The IOM further found that there was no scientific evidence that smoked marijuana had medical value, even for the chronically ill, and concluded that "there is little future in smoked marijuana as a medically approved medication." In fact, the researchers who conducted the study could find no medical value to marijuana for virtually any ailment they examined,including the treatment of wasting syndrome in AIDS patients , movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy, or glaucoma.

What the report actually said:

Marijuana is not a completely benign substance. It is a powerful drug with a variety of effects. However, except for the harm associated with smoking, the adverse effects of marijuana use are within the range tolerated for other medications. Thus, the safety issues associated with marijuana do not preclude some medical uses.

The profile of cannabinoid drug effects suggests that they are promising for treating wasting syndrome in AIDS patients. Nausea, appetite loss, pain, and anxiety are all afflictions of wasting, and all can be mitigated by marijuana. Although some medications are more effective than marijuana for these problems, they are not equally effective in all patients.

Speaks for itself really!