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In reply to the discussion: Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)186. It was definitely
interesting, especially this part:
Under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, marijuana is a Schedule I controlled drug. This status prohibits its use by anyone and prohibits physicians from prescribing it for patients. Until February 1992, there was a little-known loophole that allowed a handful of patients legal access to this medicine: the Investigational New Drug (IND) Program administered by the Food and Drug Administration. Unfortunately, in February 1992, U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services Louis Sullivan, MD, closed this access to all new applicants, as well as to more than 30 patients who had been approved for having access to this medicine but had not yet received their supply. Only 10 patients who had been approved and already were receiving their medicine have been allowed continued legal access to this drug.
Various theories attempt to rationalize the government's prohibition of this drug/plant: As an efficient fuel, it presented competition to the oil industry. As a durable natural fiber, it presented competition to the synthetic fiber industry; in fact, Levi's jeans originally were made of hemp. "Reefer madness" hysteria was created in the 1930s by Harry Anslinger of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, which eventually evolved into the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Use of the Mexican name of the cannabis plant, marijuana, was popularized by the Hearst newspaper chain to scare the public into believing that there was a new and dangerous drug being introduced to American youth by black musicians and Mexicans. The act of bigotry insinuated that the use of this drug would lead to insanity or acts of violence such as rape or murder. The result of this media blitz was the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which marked the beginning of marijuana's prohibition (Herer, 1991).
Various theories attempt to rationalize the government's prohibition of this drug/plant: As an efficient fuel, it presented competition to the oil industry. As a durable natural fiber, it presented competition to the synthetic fiber industry; in fact, Levi's jeans originally were made of hemp. "Reefer madness" hysteria was created in the 1930s by Harry Anslinger of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, which eventually evolved into the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Use of the Mexican name of the cannabis plant, marijuana, was popularized by the Hearst newspaper chain to scare the public into believing that there was a new and dangerous drug being introduced to American youth by black musicians and Mexicans. The act of bigotry insinuated that the use of this drug would lead to insanity or acts of violence such as rape or murder. The result of this media blitz was the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which marked the beginning of marijuana's prohibition (Herer, 1991).
Looks like Bush Sr's administration had a hand in making access to medical marijuana much harder.
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Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history [View all]
pscot
May 2012
OP
So how do you explain the fact that there is legislation that allows Holder to
truedelphi
May 2012
#77
i agree with you and it is baffling. California residents have fought a long hard battle
xiamiam
May 2012
#191
It is politics pure and simple...he will be crucified if he supports marijuana use in any form...
rfranklin
May 2012
#78
You are saying it is prudent to trade 3 Democratic votes to get one conservative to vote for him?
Dragonfli
May 2012
#88
Sometimes the DEA just comes in, and steals all your meds, cash, computers and then leaves.
Webster Green
May 2012
#25
I wonder if they're targeting particular dispensaries just to allow favored people to gain
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#95
If that were the case, wouldn't they be going after all the MMJ dispensaries
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#104
Show me a map of all the dispensaries in Riverside or San Bernadino or the Central Valley....
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#56
Well, I have to eat some crow. There are indeed dispensaries in Riverside.
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#116
Not California, but Colorado could be interesting, and maybe New Hampshire
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#52
Yes on Amendment 64, and then prepare to sue the U.S. Government for failing to follow the 10th
fuddyduddy
May 2012
#82
2009 was the year marijuana arrests accounted for the majority of drug arrests
RainDog
May 2012
#128
Prosense, are you actually claiming the Obama administration is NOT increasing Medical....
Logical
May 2012
#11
Dispensaries are being shut down , and patients are being denied their meds.
Webster Green
May 2012
#30
Obama deserves credit for supporting reducing the crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity...
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#47
Obama is more anti-medical-marijuana than any other president has been anti-illegal-drugs
saras
May 2012
#17
Prosense, are you saying the OBAMA admin is NOT increasing attacks on Medical Marijuana?? YES/NO?
Logical
May 2012
#22
I'm in Sonoma County. Who am I going to believe, ProSense or my lying eyes?
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#101
President O and the DOJ aren't going after Medical Marijuana users........
TheDebbieDee
May 2012
#41
Why would the local officials ask for some of them to be shut down without filing charges?
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#168
Do a Google search about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and cannabis.
Webster Green
May 2012
#59
Yes, considering Obama is the most hostile President to marijuana usage born in this country.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#64
As a grower of marijuana, no doubt he would be aghast at Prohibition.
kenny blankenship
May 2012
#96
What proof is there that he grew up and that he used it for medicinal purposes?
treestar
May 2012
#143
We should have a system that doesn't hold science and medicine hostage to prejudice
RainDog
May 2012
#175
actually, hemp was one of the major crops in the U.S. for more of our history than not
RainDog
May 2012
#146
Your attempt to make the term "pot users" some sort of pejorative is just plain sad
Tsiyu
May 2012
#167