College Fails in Bid to Grow Marijuana

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December 14, 2004

College Fails in Bid to Grow Marijuana

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

A longstanding request to grow marijuana at the University of Massachusetts so it can be tested for medical uses has been turned down by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The decision was faxed to the university on Friday and made public yesterday by the Marijuana Policy Project, an independent group that favors legalization of marijuana, particularly for medical uses.

A spokeswoman for the D.E.A. said the agency would have no comment beyond its order, which gave the university 30 days to appeal.

The dispute is over marijuana in its smoked or vaporized form. Capsules of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, one of the plant's active ingredients, can be prescribed in many states for cancer and AIDS patients suffering nausea and appetite loss. But proponents of medical marijuana argue that the inhaled form is more effective and contains more than 50 active ingredients that the capsules do not........

The government will not allow any research that may counter their position that cannabis has no medical benefits. Unless they are positive that the organization doing the research will concur with their propaganda, they will not allow any research.

All too often I have seen people make the claim that cannabis has no medical use because there aren't any studies proving otherwise. Well, first off there have been several studies done that have shown that cannabis does have medical use but they are quickly squashed for not toeing the line. Secondly, if it has no medical use why do we have marinol, why are they working on cannabis patches and mists, and why did the government start a "medical marijuana" program of their own in the 80's?

The War on Some Drugs comes down to one thing and one thing only, economics. The vast majority of wars are. Of course there are also other ingredients in the WOSD, but there are a lot of folks profiting off violating the Bill of Rights.