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 substance. The evidence on this point is so overwhelming even
 DEA, while denigrating the scientific data on which this
 acceptance is based, grudgingly concedes this pertinent medical
 facto!5-Q/
 As Keith Green so authoritatively states: R[T]here is
 no question [within the ophthalmic comm_mity_ that smoking of
 marijuana . . . lead[s] to a fall in intraocular p=essure_ n_-_I/
 The evidence, therefore, fully' supports the Alliance's
 view that marijuana is accepted as an effective intraocular anti _
 hypertensive agent. DEA_s assertion that marijuana_s IOP-
 lowering action is not well established by medical studies or
 .....
 widely accepted withinthe ophthalmic community is not even
 supported by the testimony of DEArs own experts°
 2_ Reduction of Intraocular Pressure is the
 Appropriate Medical Indication for Drugs
 psed in the T_ea__mentg__,Slaucoma
 Marijuana's ability to lower elevated ocular tensions
 is of critical import because the specific medical indication for
 a glaucoma therapy is _reduction of intraocular pressure. #
 The Alliance, in advancing this indication, is relying
 on the most medically conservative, widely accepted standard for
 glaucoma therapy° The ability of a therapy to reduce intra-
 ocular pressure is a long-held_ well established standard of
 efficacy. The Alliance relies on this standard because it is,
 _Q/ DEA Brief at 105 (_Limited studies . _ . demonstrated that
 . _ . marijuana causes a reduction in intraocular pressure. # )
 _5_/ Affidavit of Keith Green, Ph.D._ _[ 17_