News (Media Awareness Project) - US NJ: OPED: Medical Marijuana Hoax |
Title: | US NJ: OPED: Medical Marijuana Hoax |
Published On: | 2001-05-21 |
Source: | Star-Ledger (NJ) |
Fetched On: | 2008-09-01 08:09:30 |
MEDICAL MARIJUANA HOAX
The Supreme Court has unanimously decided that smoked marijuana has
"no currently accepted medical use."
The forces' seeking to legalize drugs want smoked marijuana listed as
a medicine to legitimize marijuana. Marijuana as medicine has been
rejected by the American Medical Association, the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, the American Glaucoma Society, the American
Academy of Ophthamology and the American Cancer Society. The federal
Institute of Medicine sees "little future in smoked marijuana as a
medicine."
The major reason to reject smoked marijuana as medicine is that
numerous safe and effective medicines are available for all the
conditions marijuana supposedly helps. The scientific literature also
shows that marijuana use is a major risk factor in the development of
addiction and drug use among schoolchildren.
As a cancer survivor, I am appalled at how seriously ill people have
been victimized by the cruel hoax of medical marijuana. It is not
compassionate to give marijuana cigarettes to anyone, especially sick
people. They may mistakenly choose marijuana instead of truly
effective medicines. Medical marijuana is a fraud and I am glad the
Supreme Court saw through it.
The Supreme Court has unanimously decided that smoked marijuana has
"no currently accepted medical use."
The forces' seeking to legalize drugs want smoked marijuana listed as
a medicine to legitimize marijuana. Marijuana as medicine has been
rejected by the American Medical Association, the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, the American Glaucoma Society, the American
Academy of Ophthamology and the American Cancer Society. The federal
Institute of Medicine sees "little future in smoked marijuana as a
medicine."
The major reason to reject smoked marijuana as medicine is that
numerous safe and effective medicines are available for all the
conditions marijuana supposedly helps. The scientific literature also
shows that marijuana use is a major risk factor in the development of
addiction and drug use among schoolchildren.
As a cancer survivor, I am appalled at how seriously ill people have
been victimized by the cruel hoax of medical marijuana. It is not
compassionate to give marijuana cigarettes to anyone, especially sick
people. They may mistakenly choose marijuana instead of truly
effective medicines. Medical marijuana is a fraud and I am glad the
Supreme Court saw through it.
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