Quote Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
You have to figure that he must be one of the most well-respected doctors in order to have government clearance for Herb.
Then again, knowing how our govenrment and the DEA feel about weed, I would have to wonder if he has that clearance because he has already been told what the outcome of his study will be. Sadly, although the feds put on a show about their "studies" of the effects of weed, most of which seem to have been taken directly from the directors cut of Reefer Madness, it is said that they actually grow some of the crappiest weed available at their Kentucky(?) lab facility and are extremely stingy about supplying researchers with the stuff. I have read quite a few stories about universities trying to do studies on weed only to discover that they can't get any from the feds for a variety of BS reasons. In other words, they get the approval for their studies but never get the smoke.

Almost makes one a believer in those conspiracy theories about Dupont and nylon.
bonsaiguy Reviewed by bonsaiguy on . "You're really going to watch while I do this?" Emily, the healthy volunteer sitting in a half-lotus on a bed in room 29, is only going to smoke half of a joint, while David, the AIDS-related-pain patient reading his Bible in the room next door, won't smoke until tomorrow. Emily, 26, is outfitted for her six-day stay at the research center--during which she will take pot each day at precisely 10 a.m., alternating between smoking and taking it through a high-tech vaporizer device called a Volcano--with a stack of books and videos, a Rating: 5