interesting cannabis study

i know this doesn't necessarily belong in the politics section, but i figured it was as good as any.

i'm sure some of you have seen this and i'm also sure that many have not. the top link on this page has an interesting study, Chronic Cannabis Use, Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program:
An Examination of Benefits and Adverse Effects of Legal Clinical Cannabis.

this has to do with 4 of the 7 individuals in the compassionate IND program that the FDA/NIDA has been running since 1978.

it is a very interesting study. i don't know how anyone from the FDA or NIDA or anyone else has anything bad to say about cannabis or it's benefits.

the cannabis that these patients are receiving is a joke! if they need help growing some good bud, why not ask people who KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

it's late, so i'm sorry if i'm not very articulate at the moment.

the report, published in the Journal of Cannabis Theraputics, Vol 2 (1) 2002 is 55 pages long.

here is the summation of the authors:

1. Cannabis smoking, even of a crude, low-grade product, provides
effective symptomatic relief of pain, muscle spasms, and intra-
ocular pressure elevations in selected patients failing other modes
of treatment.
2. These clinical cannabis patients are able to reduce or eliminate
other prescriptionmedicines and their accompanying side effects.
3. Clinical cannabis provides an improved quality of life in these pa-
tients.
4. The side effect profile of NIDA cannabis in chronic usage sug-
gests some mild pulmonary risk.
5. No malignant deterioration has been observed.
6. No consistent or attributable neuropsychological or neurological
deterioration has been observed.
7. No endocrine, hematological or immunological sequelae have
been observed.
8. Improvements in a clinical cannabis program would include a
ready and consistent supply of sterilized, potent, organically grown
unfertilized female flowering top material, thoroughly cleaned of
extraneous inert fibrous matter.
9. It is the authorsâ?? opinion that the Compassionate IND program
should be reopened and extended to other patients in need of clini-
cal cannabis.
10. Failing that, local, state and federal laws might be amended to
provide regulated and monitored clinical cannabis to suitable can-
didates.

and they still argue that cannabis has no medicinal value! c'mon!

-shake