US growing bumper crop for medical marijuana research
Researchers should be able to obtain material from the new crop in the fall after harvest and analyses are completed
Researchers should be able to obtain material from the new crop in the fall after harvest and analyses are completed
Marijuana is classified by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as an illegal Schedule I drug which has no accepted medical use. However, recent studies have shown that medical marijuana is effective in controlling chronic non-cancer pain, alleviating nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy, treating wasting syndrome associated with AIDS, and controlling muscle spasms due to multiple sclerosis.
Patients have a right to all beneficial treatments and to deny them this right violates their basic human rights.