Reply #21: So, this means that Congress will approve a scientific study to last fifty years to

[bertman]

determine if there are any harmful effects from cannabis. Once we have a definitive study, they'll say, we MIGHT consider decriminalizing it for medical use.

It's good that the AMA is showing some progress on this, but I'll feel good about it when they suggest that we re-instate alcohol prohibition until we have time to study it to see what the effects are.

Suggestion, if you want to know how marijuana consumption affects individuals, allow it to be decriminalized, then people who have been smoking it for many years will gladly admit to their doctors that they have been potheads and will tell them how much they have smoked. The doctors will then be able to make some better guesses as to the long-term effects.

Sorry, but I see this as just one more way to keep the herb from being legalized or even decriminalized on a federal level.