Federal agency proclaims medical use for marijuana

[kpete]

Source: Washington Independent

Federal agency proclaims medical use for marijuana
By Kyle Daly | 03.24.11 | 3:49 pm

As federal battles over medical marijuana across the country heat up, a statement from one federal agency may be a huge asset for medical marijuana dispensaries that have been targeted by the various arms of the U.S. Department of Justice and the IRS.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a division of the National Institute of Health, which is itself one of the 11 component agencies that make up the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Last week, the NCI quietly added to its treatment database a summary of marijuana’s medicinal benefits, including an acknowledgment that oncologists may recommend it to patients for medicinal use.

The summary cites clinical trials demonstrating the benefit of medical marijuana. Part of it reads:

*****The potential benefits of medicinal Cannabis for people living with cancer include antiemetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief, and improved sleep. In the practice of integrative oncology, the health care provider may recommend medicinal Cannabis not only for symptom management but also for its possible direct antitumor effect.

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[mitchtv]

1. not only that when I combine it

with my not very effective Parkinson's medicine I get relief within minutes

[DefenseLawyer]

2. Yet the President nominated a Bush holdover drug warrior to head the DEA

and shows no signs of doing anything to end the war on drugs. Bummer, man.

[villager]

5. Oh, well "change" isn't really what they meant by "change," y'see...

n/t

[ixion]

11. exactly.

:grr:

[defendandprotect]

3. kr

[DearAbby]

4. Save money...End the war

on cannabis.

[WheelWalker]

6. Res ipsa loquitur

[Sonicwall]

7. If Obama has any prayer in 2012

He'll make medical marijuana a reality.

Get it off Schedule II and into herbal side and supplements.

[blackspade]

8. More here!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x730217

[Proletariatprincess]

9. About bloody time......

when I think of all the needless suffering this herb can relieve and the stupid stupid drug warriors who won't even hear about it, my blood boils.
This doesn't solve the issue, of course. But it is a step in the right direction.
Clarence Thomas, who famous said that there is no medical value to medical marijuana, should be given a hand carried copy of this report. But people like Thomas, and their right wing drug warrior compatriots, wouldn't hesitate to use medical cannibus for themselves or their loved ones if the need arises. Such hypocrates.

[RainDog]

10. k&r n/t