[poobear]

"Are you not fascinated by the logic behind unprocessed marijuana (whose physiological effects have never been known to kill anyone) being a schedule 1 drug, of no possible redeeming medical value, whereas marinol (which actually does kill patients) can be had by prescription?"

I am quite fascinated by it actually. I would like it legalized. I have no problem with that. As far a horse pill with nausea, no that won't work. Back in the seventies, my old college PDR had several forms of the drug in pill form and capsules. Why not make a form that could dissolve underneath your tongue so you don't have to swallow?

When they demonized all forms of these drugs, me thinks they forgot about the benefits that would be lost to many patients. My 2 cents.

[donh]

When they demonized all forms of these drugs, me thinks they forgot about the benefits that would be lost to many patients. My 2 cents.

That was in 1937, and they didn't forget. The AMA testified strongly against the criminalization of marijuana, which up until then, was about as common as aspirin is now in the pharmacy, and for much the same reason. When the vote came up in congress, the AMA testimony was not reported before the vote--just Anslinger's diarretic stream of made-up nonsense about how marijuana inspired minority citizens to rape white women.

[TKDietz]

There is a company I believe called GW Pharmaceuticals that has already gotten a product approved in Canada that is in a spray form. It is a cannabis extract product that makes use of other cannabinoids found in marijuana. THC is not the only "active ingredient" and it's supposedly not the only one with medicinal properties. One of the ex higher ups from the ONDCP, Andrea Barthwell, is their lobbyist here. They are working in partnership with Bayer. It will be interesting to see if the government allows this product to be placed on the market in the U.S.