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nothing to demonstrate that the drug lacks accepted safety under
medical supervision_ Although profferi_ a number of minor side
effects that may result from marijuana u_se as evidence of its
lack of safety; .the Government has failed to indicate any adverse
effects that a competent medical physician couldn't safely
consider in making a reaisonable treatmen°_ decision by weighing
the medical risks of marijuana use vis-a.-vis its medical
benefits.
1. _istory of Usaae
Marijuana has been used medically for nearly five
thousand years_ The first report of marijuanaSs medical utility
appeared in a Chinese catalog of herbal _irugs, published in 2737
BŪC. 5_/ Marijuana, the catalog noted, eased digestive
upsets. _/ Later, marijuanaSs medical use was widely recognized
in the Middle East; Asia and Medieval Eu_:ope. 5_/ In the United
States_ marijuana was indicated as having a variety of medical
uses in the Pharmacopoeia from colonial times until the late
1930ns.5_/
Despite the dln/ges widespread use, there is no record
........ in the extensive medical literature describing a cannabis-induce@
fatality. _6/ This is extraordinary, not only because of
_/. Affidavit of Alice O'Leary; _ 9o
___I Affidavit of Dr. Tod Mikuriyae _ 7.
5_/ Affidavit of Dr. Norman Zinberg_ _ 14.
___/ Affidavit of Dr. Andrew Weil, _ 33_
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