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<DIV>Below is the <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">V2020</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> post where I quote the National Academy of Sciences report on the medical use of cannabis. </DIV>
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<DIV>So Debbie, I guess you did not read my first post with the above subject heading? And Joan, I already quoted a report with voluminous data and references to numerous other studies on this subject that explains why <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">marinol</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> in pill form is not as efficacious as smoking cannabis for some medical purposes. The quote below answers Debbie's question. And Dave Budge was correct about this issue.</DIV>
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<DIV>From the National Academy of Sciences report on the medical use of cannabis:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>"Until a <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">nonsmoked</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> rapid-onset <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">cannabinoid</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> drug delivery system becomes available, we acknowledge that there is no clear alternative for people suffering from <I>chronic</I> conditions that might be relieved by smoking marijuana, such as pain or AIDS wasting."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>This quote is toward the bottom of the rather voluminous amount of info presented at this web link:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/marimed/ch4.html" target=_blank>http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/marimed/ch4.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>The whole other debate about the nefarious effects of legalized cannabis on society for all other non <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">strictly</SPAN></SPAN> medical uses is such an emotional irrational can of worms to open it is nearly impossible to have a rational <SPAN class=correction id="">empirical</SPAN> debate, almost as impossible to get anywhere as arguing about Religion. </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">V2020</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> already has an endless polarized debate ongoing about Religion. I'm not sure it can handle another debate of such a polarized and emotional nature.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ted <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">Moffett</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=correction></SPAN><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Tbertruss@aol.com<BR>To: editor@lataheagle.com; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Sent: Thu, 16 <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">Jun</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> 2005 14:40:55 EDT<BR>Subject: [Vision2020] Medical Cannabis: National Academy of Sciences<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_3_2efee2c8-f4bb-48fb-950d-a079dd41b5dc><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">Kai</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> wrote:<BR><BR>"Frankly, I think the whole reason for the "medicinal" use is to get a<BR>loophole where your local <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">ganja</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> master can find a sympathetic doctor to give<BR>him a '<SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">scrip</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and then bubble his bong with impunity."<BR><BR>This non-science based assertion, implying the legal medical marijuana effort is just a conspiracy to legalize cannabis for other <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">nonmedical</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> uses, should probably be dismissed as not worth a response, if it were not for the popularity of this viewpoint, blocking a rational empirical science based approach to this issue.<BR><BR>For those who can actually THINK WITH AN OPEN MIND, REASON, AND FOLLOW EMPIRICAL SCIENCE BASED EVIDENCE, and wish to review a science based source of info on <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">cannabinoid</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> effectiveness in medicine that, though it has a bias, it appears to me, against cannabis use in medicine, still acknowledges that <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">cannabinoids</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> do have significant medical use, even in the plant based smoked method of delivery, consider this report from the National Academy of Sciences:<BR><BR>A quote from the report:<BR><BR>"Until a <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">nonsmoked</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> rapid-onset <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">cannabinoid</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> drug delivery system becomes available, we acknowledge that there is no clear alternative for people suffering from <I>chronic</I> conditions that might be relieved by smoking marijuana, such as pain or AIDS wasting."<BR><BR>And a web link to this report where you can find the context of the quote above:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/marimed/ch4.html" target=_blank>http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/marimed/ch4.html</A><BR><BR>-----------------------------------------<BR><BR>Ted <SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id=""><SPAN class=correction id="">Moffett</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_3_2efee2c8-f4bb-48fb-950d-a079dd41b5dc -->
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