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the paperwork involved in making such a request was "overwhelm_
ing _, When I told him that I had found someone willing to put
the paperwork together, he expressed an interest in trying to
help me.
_ 34. I contacted Mr. Robert Randall_ President of the
Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics, and asked for _elp.
Mr. Randall offered to help my doctor make an IND application
to FDA. _owever, he told me that few patients actually receive
marijuana through the IND process and warned me that my
doctor as _ND request might take a long time to process through
the federal agencies.
35. I wonder why physicians can prescribe dangerous,
marginally effective drugs like ACTH, valium, morphine, and
cocaine_ but are considered incompetent when it comes to
prescribing a highly effective, benign drug like cannabis.
Federal agencies seem to have made no effort to explore
marijuana_s medical use, despite the clear benefits that I and
other patients experience after smoking marijuana.
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