Bush Administration Official Speaks Against Medical Marijuana
A Bush administration drug official is speaking against proposed state legislation that would let chronically ill patients use marijuana.
Bush administration official speaks against medical marijuanaThe House of Representatives may take up a bill that would allow patients with cancer, AIDS and other serious illnesses to grow and use marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Bush administration Doctor Andrea Barthwell says she has serious concerns about the implication medical marijuana could have on drug policy and on patients' health.
There are already drugs on the market that use some of the components of the marijuana plant that have shown to relieve patients of symptoms like nausea.
She says marijuana is not a medicine and hasn't passed Food and Drug Administration tests.
An amendment supporting medical marijuana passed the House for the first time yesterday, after a similar measure failed last year. The bill was sent to committee for further review.
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