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 conditions, marijuana will reduce int=aocular
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 pressure by about an average of something llke 30
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 N_, we're dealing with a chronic process,
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 i.e.e, glauc_a.
 I0 JUDGE YOUNG: A what process?
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 TEE WXTNESS_ A chronic, longstanding.
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 13 like that, you have to prove efficacy. The longest
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 study of one month duration in glaucoma patients, and
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 Me need studies of longer term duration,
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 measurements of intraocular pressure° _f that is
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 done_ X'II be sitting over there arguing for the
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