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less well advanced programs_ were waiting for FDA approval so
they could initiate programs of patient care° Callfornia_s
initial request for supplies exceeded the entire federal
stockpile. The issue of supply suddenly began to seem very
real2_Several states, including Seo_gla, began scrambling to ge_
supplies of marijuana for their programs before the federal
cupboard was bare°
%7° After much add%tlonal works and more conflicts
with FDA and NIDA_ the agency responsible for making supplies of
marijuana available, the Georgia program recelved assurances its
requests for marijuana would be hono_ed_ Unfortunately_ that was
not the end of Georgia|s problems.
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98° Despite FDA approval NIDA continued to withhold
eupplles of marijuana from the Georgia program while DEA
conducted "security _ checks of those pharmacle_ in the state
which would be handling marijuana, a Schedule I drug°
SG. This DEA reinspec%ion of pharmacies appeared to be
a delaying tactic. The regulations governlng pharmacy security
are the same for Schedule I and Schedule _ drugs° Every
pharmacy already had permlsslon to dispense Schedule I_ drugs and
recertlflcatlon of these pharmacies was totally unnecessary.
I00. Am pressure from the states increased federal
pollcy became Increasingly erratlc and unpredictable. Despite
continuing federal assurances legal supplies of marl_uana were
adequate to meet national needs, federal policy underwent an
abrupt_ drastic transformation.
i01. Wlthout warning Georgia and other states suddenly
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