The federal government has agreed to study the medicinal use of marijuana. But there's already lots of evidence that the administration seems to be doing its best to ignore.
David FineDec 19, 2001
For several decades, researchers have
sought to determine whether marijuana has legitimate medical uses,
and narcotics control agencies have discouraged them from finding
out. Now a new round of federally funded research may provide
some answersor will it? The latest skirmish between scientists
and police comes on the heels of two popular referenda, in California
and Arizona, legalizing the medical use of marijuana. But since
it remains a federal crime to grow, sell, or prescribe cannabis,
the referenda have created only a legal morass.
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