Pollywogs!

 

…the FDA (recently) said …that "no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use."

The FDA's statement contradicts a 1999 review by experts at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a division of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, which found marijuana to be "moderately well-suited for particular conditions, such as chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and AIDS wasting."

The federal government "loves to ignore our report," Dr. John Benson, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and co-chairman of the Institute of Medicine committee that examined the research into marijuana's effects, told The New York Times. "They would rather it never happened."

Dr. William M. Lamers, a consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America, which represents palliative-care centers across the country, told HealthDay: "It's too bad that instead of a statement like that, they [the FDA] don't put money into doing some really valid research. There is none being done now in the United States."

But others came out in support of the FDA's stance.

A spokesman for John P. Walters, director of the U.S. government's national drug control policy, said that the FDA's announcement should help put an end to what he called "the bizarre public discussion" that has led some states to legalize marijuana for medicinal use.

And Susan Bro, an FDA spokewoman, told the Times that her agency's decision arose from a prior review by federal drug enforcement, regulatory and research agencies. That review found that "smoked marijuana has no currently accepted or proven medical use in the United States and is not an approved medical treatment," she said.

 

 http://www.forbes.com/clickeyclickey

comes as no suprise as the fda toes the line
(and considering 'dr' frist knows that breathing spreads aids or WHATEVER)

goddamn wackjob Tom "Jump the Couch" "I'm not Gay" Cruise should run for office, he'd fit right in at the FDA…  "There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance."  fits right in with "smoked marijuana has no currently accepted or proven medical use in the United States and is not an approved medical treatment," 

The governmental equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and going 'la la la I don't hear you la la la'.  Yep, Tom would fit right in with Bush & Co…

And that ASSHAT John Walters: WAKE UP FUCK FACE, this is a democracy, NOT GOD DAMN CHINA.  The 'bizarre public dicussion' that you are referring to is DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.  What a worthless twit…send him back to China, they're missing a puppet…the public (specifically the sick and terminally ill) find some relief utilizing a relatively safe and effective drug that provides respite from the AGONY OF FUCKING DEATH.  Sane people, doctors and scientists all conclude that if it provides relief (which the scientists have confirmed that it does) there is no reason to deny these individuals.  

UNLESS YOU ARE A SICK FUCK WHO ENJOYS TORTURING DYING PEOPLE, EH JOHN WALTERS AND SUSAN BRO?  But, they are simple mouthpieces spitting vile bile from the larger rectum which is our government…they can't be held entirely to blame can they?  Or are those who provide aid and comfort to the enemy just as guilty as the prime movers? 

Is Abu Ghraib big enough for the entire Bush administration?