Medical Marijuana: Politics Trumps Science at the FDA
Gregory T. Carter and Bruce Mirken, "Medical Marijuana: Politics Trump Science at the FDA," Medscape General Medicine 8, issue 2: 46 (May 17, 2006).
In this commentary for Medscape General Medicine, Dr. Greg Carter of the University of Washington and MPP's Bruce Mirken analyze the Food and Drug Administration's April 2006 statement criticizing medical marijuana laws and asserting that "no sound scientific studies" support medical use of marijuana. Carter and Mirken discuss the extensive evidence of marijuana's therapeutic value and the political pressures that apparently led to the FDA statement.
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