I just got done reading that article on aol...
the poll they had looked promising...

Should marijuana be legal for medical uses?
Yes 90%
No 10%
Is the FDA's statement based on science or politics?
Politics 76%
Both 18%
Science 6%
Total Votes: 37,926

usually i think the media is way to biased... but in this case i'm pretty happy... very cool that they reported both sides of the story and Bruce Mirken's opinion