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will have a viable alternative to break_ng the law and purchasing
marijuana from illicit, often "dangerous sources_
D. CONCLUS I_ON
...... The Alliance contends marijuana has an maccepted
medical use in treatment in the United States _ and shouldr
therefore, be rescheduled to Schedule IIo
In support of this position, the Alliance offers the
testimony of patients with cancer, glaucoma, multiple solerosis_
para- and quadriplegia, chronic pain and skin disorders, their
relatives and treating physicians, expezt witnesses, highly
regarded researchers_ professors of medicine and practitioners in
the fields of Clinical Oncoloqy, Ophthalmology_ Neurology,
........
Psychiatry and Pharmacology. Among the witnesseSotO these
proceedings are the first and second Director_ of the National
Institute on Mental Health's Ma. 13uana Research Programs, two
former FDA IND/NDA Clinical Review Officerss learned scholars,
state_program a_hministrators, a nurses attorneys_ legislators,
the former Secretary of Health for the states of New Mexico and
Colorado, the Vice-President of a major pharmaceutical company,
and the Attorney General of Kansas who testified on behalf of the
National Association of Attorneys General.
For two decades, scores of adequate, well-controlled
FDA-approved studies, research programs, nCompassionate INDs n an_
legislatively authorized state programs of medical therapy have
repeatedly demonstrated marijuana's ability to ease the
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