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 TABLE OF CONT-ENT;S
 I o INTRODUCTION ...................................... 1
 If° ISSUES PRESENTED .................................. 3
 lI!. STATUTORY AND REGULATORY BACKGROUND ............... 4
 OVKRVIEW 4
 B. CUR_fLY ACCEI_PED MEDICAL USE
 IN TREATMENT IN THE UNITED STA_S ............ 8
 C SA_q 17
 i. History of Usage ............................. 18
 2. Acceptance of Marijuana+s Safety
 by Patients and Physicians ................... 27
 /
 _V. DISCUSSION ........................................ 29
 A+ TREATMENT OF EM_SIS RESULT!N@
 FROM ANT!CANCER T_RAPY ....................... 29
 i+ Background ................................... 30
 2. Historical References Show That Marijuana
 Was Accepted as Medicine in the Treatment
 of Various Ailments Including Digestive
 Upsets ....................................... 35
 3° Marijuana Is Accepted by the Community
 of Cancer Patients as an Anti°merit .......... 38
 4+ A Variety of Well-Controlled Scientific
 and Medical Studies Consistently Have
 Confiznned the Therapeutic Benefit Received
 by the Cancer Patients from the Use of
 Marijuana .................................... 44
 +_ a. The 1975 Sallan/Zi_ber+ St_Idy ........... 45
 bo The 1979 Chang Study ..................... 47
 c+ State Studies ............................ 49
 ...... (I) New Mexico .............................. 49
 ( a ) Background ............................... 49