Healing Properties of Marijuana
In the early 1940s, in a response to claims made by people like Harry Anslinger, the New York Academy of Medicine contradicted claims that marijuana results in insanity, assists in criminal behavior, is physically addictive and is a gateway drug to harder drugs. 
No major study has been undertaken since, according to a panel discussion held recently in Denver, CO.
The Objective Discussion on Medical Marijuana panel continues at the DU law school this week.
The Denver Daily News reports on yesterday’s discussion. The key graph:
Alice P. Mead, a spokeswoman for a British research company that develops a medical spray from marijuana, argued that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should regulate marijuana if doctors are recommending it to patients. She said the FDA process has been carefully crafted for more than 100 years, and while not foolproof, gives medical professionals the information on the purity, potency and identity of a product.
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