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County
Requests
Federal
Okay
to
Conduct
Medical
Marijuana
Study
2/12/99
article appears courtesy
of the NORML Foundation, http://www.norml.org
February 11, 1999, Redwood
City, CA: San Mateo county officials will apply for federal permission
to begin medical marijuana trials on human patients. Officials seek approval
from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration,
and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). NIDA is the only legal
supplier of marijuana for research purposes.
Last year, the Redwood City
Board of Supervisors appropriated $50,000 to conduct medical marijuana
research. The proposed three-year study hopes to include between 500 and
1,000 patients.
County officials anticipate
a federal response to their request by April 1, 1999.
During the late 1970s and
early 1980s, NIDA provided medical marijuana to state-sponsored research
programs in seven states: California, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, New
York, Tennessee, and Vermont. Through these programs, thousands of cancer
patients found relief from legal marijuana cigarettes. NIDA discontinued
supplying medical marijuana to these programs in the late 1980s, and most
recently refused requests from the Massachusetts and Washington Boards
of Health to allow those states to permit medical marijuana research.
For more information, please
contact either Allen St. Pierre or Paul Armentano of The NORML Foundation
at (202) 483-8751.
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Issue #78, 2/12/99
Announcements | As Certification Debate Nears, Mexico Declares "Total War" on Drugs | White House Releases Drug Strategy Amid Criticism from Reformers | New York State's Top Judge Calls for Rethinking of Rockefeller Drug Laws | County Requests Federal Okay to Conduct Medical Marijuana Study | Impact of the Closure of a Needle Exchange Program | Editorial: Young Entrepreneurs and the Culture of Prohibition
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