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pursue information on marijuana's medicinal properties and have
blocked state efforts to make the drug available for medical
applications.
.... 93. Xn response to the conduct of federal agencies, the
Michigan legislature enacted a Resolution detailing these
concerns. In part, this Resolution of the Michigan legislature
provides_
Federal agencies have o o . through
regulatory ploys and obscure bureaucratic
devices, resisted and obstructed the intent
of the Michigan legislature .... Glaucoma
and cancer patients, promised n_edical access
to marijuana under the laws of Michigan, are
being deprived of such access by federal
agencies. (See Exhibit E_)
94. After outlining a series of complaints, the
Resolution then calls on the Presldent and the Congress to seek
appropriate legislative or administrative remedies. _n part,
the Michigan Resolution calls for systemic reform. The
Resolution reads:
That the Congress of the United States be
urged to seek to remedy federal policies
which prevent the several states from acquir-
ing, inhibit physicians from prescribing, and
prevent patients from obtaining marijuana for
legitimate medical applications_ by ending
federal prohibitions against the legitimate
and appropriate use of marijuana in medical
treatments.
95. As the Michigan program became more and more
bureaucratics there were fewer and fewer physicians or patients
willing to tolerate the regulatory excesses federal agencies
demanded. A_ter several years of work, and despite the efforts
of many indlviduais_ we realized there was little more we could
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