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non-prescribed, popular cold remedies which are often used in the
absence of any physician supervision..
..... Even if the Alliance were to stipulate to all of the
fragmentary claims alleged by DEA, _!/ none of these supposed
unknown effects are more serious than the known adverse effects
....... of already approved therapies discussed in this proceeding. Nor
do they mitigate the fact marijuana can be safety employed under
competent medical supervision.
One DEA exhibit speaks to the question of marijuana_s
_safety # relative to synthetic drugs.
So many synthetic drugs prove deceptive in
that they are launched with emphasis on their
value and little references to their
drawbacks; after a decade of use and much
controversy they find their limited place in
therapeutics .... With cam_abis the
reverse would seem to be the case. The drug
..... has been frowned upon_ officially banned,
surreptitiously tried by many people, but the
interest of the medical profession is slowly
reviving, it is not impossible that a
limited_ but respectable niche will be
established
for8_ _ in therapeutics by the end
of the century. _
9_i/ DEA Brief _ 104-17 at 68-75. According to DEA these
include euphorias mild sedation, numb lips, dry mouth,
tachycardia, hypotension, pulmonary problems, immunosuppression_
passive inhalation, reduced sperm production and other
unspecified but suspected health risks_
Interestingly, many of the studies cited by DEA to show
marijuana is _unsafe x did not employ marijuana, but are, in fact_
studies performed with THC_ (dronabinol), a Schedule il drug.
Specifically_ citations to DEA Vol. 5, E_ibit 5 and DEA Vol® 6_
Exhibit 38 relating to immunosuppression brain damage and
cellular effects are all THC-based studies_ Obviously, the
results of these studies were not considered serious enough to
bar THCts reclassification to Schedule IX_
9__/ DEA Vol. 5, Exhibit 14 _If Cannabis Were a New Drug n
Graham, J.D.P®, Cannabis & Healths Academic Press, London, 1976
at 424.
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