The opinion has varied on weather marijuana has any medical value at all. Some claim it's a medicine that is uniquely soothing and has been held back by false claims and regulations while others simply dismiss the plant as pure sympathy for the sick.
Proponents of both views cite "scientific evidence" to support their views and have expressed those views at the ballot box in recent state elections.
The White House ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control Policy) asked the Institute of Medicine to conduct a review of the scientific evidence to assess the potential health benefits and risks of marijuana and its constituent cannabinoids In January of 1997.
That review began in August 1997 and culminates with this news article.
The ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control Policy) request came during the medical marijuana initiatives. By November 1996, voters in California and Arizona passed referenda designed to permit the use of marijuana as medicine.
Arizona's referendum was invalidated five months later but galvanized a national response.
Voters in six states (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington) passed ballot initiatives in support of medical marijuana in November 1998.
The Colorado vote did not count, however, because after the vote was taken a court ruling determined there had not been enough valid signatures to place the initiative on the ballot.
As of June 1, 2006 Colorado joined the growing list of states with active medical marijuana programs.
The move comes in the wake of last November's voter approval of Amendment 20, the medical marijuana initiative sponsored by Coloradans for Medical Rights and its parent group, California-based Americans for Medical Rights, and after the Colorado legislature passed necessary implementing legislation this spring.
The state registry for medical marijuana patients had sent off 150 applications to patients and received 13 completed application forms since June 7th. - 16463
Proponents of both views cite "scientific evidence" to support their views and have expressed those views at the ballot box in recent state elections.
The White House ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control Policy) asked the Institute of Medicine to conduct a review of the scientific evidence to assess the potential health benefits and risks of marijuana and its constituent cannabinoids In January of 1997.
That review began in August 1997 and culminates with this news article.
The ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control Policy) request came during the medical marijuana initiatives. By November 1996, voters in California and Arizona passed referenda designed to permit the use of marijuana as medicine.
Arizona's referendum was invalidated five months later but galvanized a national response.
Voters in six states (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington) passed ballot initiatives in support of medical marijuana in November 1998.
The Colorado vote did not count, however, because after the vote was taken a court ruling determined there had not been enough valid signatures to place the initiative on the ballot.
As of June 1, 2006 Colorado joined the growing list of states with active medical marijuana programs.
The move comes in the wake of last November's voter approval of Amendment 20, the medical marijuana initiative sponsored by Coloradans for Medical Rights and its parent group, California-based Americans for Medical Rights, and after the Colorado legislature passed necessary implementing legislation this spring.
The state registry for medical marijuana patients had sent off 150 applications to patients and received 13 completed application forms since June 7th. - 16463
About the Author:
For more than 30 years, Dr. Julian Reindhurst has studies the medicinal positives of marijuana. He currently has a blog that gives the perspective of how marijuana seeds benefited other ancient civilizations. He also has a website site that looks into the medicinal positives of the marijuana seed.
