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 just don_t exlst_ We have anecdotal information,
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 such as we have this mornlng_ and I'm sorry. I know
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 hess got documented intraocular pressuress but he
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 only smoked the stuff twice under controlled
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 conditions® We need evldence_ and that's where I
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 believe that the Pederal Governments certainly not
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 the DEA_ but some other branch of the Government
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 should take it into their hands to go ahead and set
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 this study up_
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 The American Academy of Ophthalmology
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 BY MR. ZE_SE_
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 Now_ since 1971_ there have been reports in
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 journals of the acute ef_ect_ _hy is it that there
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 this acute effect for almost 20 years?
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 I don_t kn_o I wish I could answer that
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 question, Nobody has tried to set one up_ That's
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 number one.
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 E We were all looking for the Holy Grail,
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 that iss topical drug dellverys and the Holy Grail
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