MEDICAL MARIJUANA

The federal government appears to be unable to get sound scientific advice
from the peer-reviewed professional literature regarding medical marijuana.
I am concerned. I see two choices. They are incompetent or they have an
agenda that overrides their concern for suffering citizens.

All aspects of our health are regulated by the marijuana-like compounds
known as endocannabinoids. Every time Ashcroft gets hungry his body makes
endocannabinoids that give him the munchies. If he had a stroke, or simply
as he ages, they help protect his brain from damage. If he had a heart
attack, they would help repair his heart. They protect him from pain. They
protect him from immune disorders. If he is lucky enough to get by with
what his body produces, why does he deny those who need more, what he uses
every day?

Dr. Robert J. Melamede

Chairman, Biology Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colo.