[robertpaulsen]

"If I am not well and I smoke a doobah and become well, then it's medicine enough for me."

How does it follow that it is then medicine for everyone? Anecdotal stories do not form the foundation of our medical and medicinal system.

We do peer-reviewed studies. We use control groups, placebos. Reports are written, studied, duplicated. The dosage is known. The frequency of the dosage is known. We know about side effects and drug interactions. The drug is then FDA approved.

It's just a little more than "I smoke doobah. Doobah good".

Criminy. We live in the most medically advanced nation in world history, and you're taking us back to Clan of the Cave Bear where we're chewing on roots and dancing naked in the moonlight.

[VaBarrister]

But an across the board refusal to move marijuana into Class II forbids anyone to test its effectiveness much less allow the FDA to look into it as a result. There is no reason why marijuana shouldn't be a Schedule II drug and then undergo tests by the FDA. Instead it is deemed to have no medicinal value by the DEA. Raw opium and cocaine are schedule IIs, why shouldn't marijuana be added?

[gdani]

We do peer-reviewed studies. We use control groups, placebos. Reports are written, studied, duplicated. The dosage is known. The frequency of the dosage is known. We know about side effects and drug interactions. The drug is then FDA approved.

Vioxx. *cough cough*

[PaxMacian]

"We live in the most medically advanced nation in world history, and you're taking us back to Clan of the Cave Bear where we're chewing on roots and dancing naked in the moonlight."

"The history of the world is not intelligible apart from a Government of the World" W. V. Humboldt

For history's sake remember the founding fathers grew this plant on their estates. Of what clan are you, the fight club? Much medicine's source is plant life, as well as our diet. What plant shall we war against next when we are finished eradicating this wonder from the face of Earth? What gives this government, or any government the power to eradicate a gift from God? Is it the power of the increasingly inept oligarchy of Doctors and corporate chemists which you desire to maintain?

[Spyder]

But how does one do research on a banned substance? From what I understand, it's extremely difficult to get a permit or a grant to conduct such a study.