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treating spasticity° Three unusually smalls inconclusive
studies have tried using pure THC_ not marijuanas to treat
spasticity_ DoJ. Petro and C. Ellenberger, _Treatment of
Human Spasticity with Delta-9-Tetrahydro-cannabinolt _,
21 Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 413S-416S (1981)
(included only nine patients). Two of the studies are mere
abstracts_ or short digests, without much detail° Hanigan_
Destee & Troung Abstr. B45_ Clino Pharmacoi. Ther. 198
(1986) (included only five patients), and Sandyk, Cannoe_
Stern and Snider Abstro PP 331, 36 Neurology 342 (19S6)
(included only three patients).
No scientific studies exist which test marijuana to
relieve spasticityo
National experts on MS reject marijuana as medicine.
Doctor Kenneth Po Johnson is Chairman of the Department of
Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
He manages the Maryland Center for MS_ one of the most
active MS research and treatment centers in the United
States° He sits on the editorial boards of noted medical
journals related to MS (Neurology and Journal of
Neuroimmunology) o He is the author of over 100 scientific
and medical articles on MS_ Doctor Johnson has spent most
of his long career researching MS and has diagnosed and
treated more than 6,000 patients with MS_ Doctor Johnson
testified_
At this times ! am not aware Ofoo°any legitimate
medical research in which marijuana was used to
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