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Medical
Marijuana:
National
Multiple
Sclerosis
Society
to
Fund
Study
6/23/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/441/msmedmjstudy.shtml
In what could be the first
sign of a course reversal by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which
has scoffed at medical marijuana in the past, the group announced this
week that it will fund a study
on the effect of marijuana on spasticity in MS patients. While
the Society acknowledges that up to 15% of MS patients use medical marijuana,
funding the new study is the first time the group has indicated it is hearing
what those patients are saying.
The society currently rejects
the use of marijuana to relieve MS symptoms. As it notes on its web
site, "Based on the studies to date, it is the opinion of the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society's Medical Advisory Board that there are currently
insufficient data to recommend marijuana or its derivatives as a treatment
for MS. Long-term use of marijuana may be associated with significant
serious side effects. In addition, other well-tested, FDA-approved
drugs are available, such as baclofen and tizanidine, to reduce spasticity
in MS."
The Society said it was moved
by inconclusive earlier studies on the effect of marijuana on MS spasticity
to fund a one using a new measure. The study is not a new one; the
group is taking over funding for ongoing research at the University of
California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, which lost funding when
the investigation was only partially completed.
The study, by Dr. Mark Agius
and fellow researchers at the University of California-Davis School of
Medicine, is scheduled for completion in March 2008.
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