FDA does it again

[Fengzi]

Last month the FDA announced thatthey had found that marijuana had no signifigant medical value.

April 21 "In a statement, the FDA said it, along with other agencies in the Health and Human Services Department, has concluded that "no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use."

Yesterday, however, they gave Eli Lilly, a big pharmacuetical company, the go ahead to sell a synthetic version of THC to treat nauseau.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/..._me/pot_pill_2

Hmnn, if it has no medical value, why approve a synthetic version???

Makes you wonder, doesn't it???

Fengzi Reviewed by Fengzi on 05-16-2006. FDA does it again Last month the FDA announced thatthey had found that marijuana had no signifigant medical value. April 21 "In a statement, the FDA said it, along with other agencies in the Health and Human Services Department, has concluded that "no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use." Yesterday, however, they gave Eli Lilly, a big pharmacuetical Rating: 5

[beachguy in thongs]

So, why did they stop using Cesamet in the first place?

[The Grim Reefer]

So, why did they stop using Cesamet in the first place?

It's in there

"Valeant currently sells the drug, also called nabilone, in Canada.

Lilly originally received FDA approval for nabilone in 1985 but withdrew it from the market in 1989 for commercial reasons, Wheeler said."

[mscaboo]

just goes to show the fda is only interested in drugs that will make these companys money.and of course for the approval of their drugs they happilly write out huge checks.if cannabis was made legal they would not get a big check in the mail.i for one do not want their man made bullshit.why should i pay a drug company for a drug(which i have no idea what is in it.i know exactly what is in my cannabis)that grows naturally for free?

[MidnightToker54]

Besides the FDA being hypocritical, I also think they're doing this now to make it more difficult to legalize medical marijuana. For example, they could say "We approved Cesamet, so there's no need for further cannabis research." I don't think that tactic will work because real cannabis is more potent than the synthetic version and it can treat a wider variety of ailments, but it's something to think about.

That was my first thought when I heard the story, but then I was thinking this is a step in the right direction. At least some of those patients can now get treatment without breaking the law, and that's the whole purpose in getting medical marijuana legalized. Also, this story will just bring the cannabis issue in general back into the media - any publicity is good publicity.

[EbelEyes]

why should i pay a drug company for a drug(which i have no idea what is in it.i know exactly what is in my cannabis)

There is a lot of unnatural shit in that pill. They can't sell anything thats strictly natural. So if they wanted to sell a "THC Pill" they would have to put shit in it other than THC.