Drug Policy

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2015, 07:31 PM Jun 2015

HuffPo: White House Takes Huge Step Forward In Fight Over Marijuana Research

Disagree that this is a "huge" step, but it is a baby step in the right direction. One stop on the local 'express' of mandated research approval stops...

De-scheduling (even Re-scheduling) would be *huge*. But here is the policy announcement - we take what we can get!

WASHINGTON -- The White House took a major step forward on Monday to support research into the medical properties of marijuana, lifting a much-maligned bureaucratic requirement that had long stifled scientific research. By eliminating the Public Health Service review requirement, the Department of Health and Human Services will help facilitate research into the drug.

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Currently, marijuana research that is not funded by the government must go through a Public Health Service review -- a process established in 1999 by the federal government after a 1998 Institute of Medicine report called for more scientific research into the medical value of marijuana.
It's a process that no other substance classified by the government as Schedule I is subject to and one that researchers and lawmakers alike have criticized.

More (with links): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/22/public-health-service-review_n_7635760.html

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HuffPo: White House Takes Huge Step Forward In Fight Over Marijuana Research (Original Post) Ruby the Liberal Jun 2015 OP

Research into cannabis' pain relief properties pscot Jun 2015 #1

There is no quantifiable way of measuring pain Ruby the Liberal Jun 2015 #2

So you're saying I just have to keep sampling pscot Jun 2015 #3

Why not. Just like you could sample between aspirin, advil, aleve and tylenol Ruby the Liberal Jun 2015 #4

pscot

(21,024 posts)

1. Research into cannabis' pain relief properties

Reply to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 07:42 PM

Jun 2015

is non existent. What there is is entirely customer based; reviews by people describing their own experience. It's a hell of a way to practice medicine.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)

2. There is no quantifiable way of measuring pain

Reply to pscot (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 07:51 PM

Jun 2015

pain relief, or pain tolerance. I get what you are saying, but PhARMA conducts research the same way on their compounds - reporting results as relayed by study participants.

pscot

(21,024 posts)

3. So you're saying I just have to keep sampling

Reply to Ruby the Liberal (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 07:57 PM

Jun 2015

many different strains until I find the right one? That seems harsh, but I guess I'll just have to soldier gamely on.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)

4. Why not. Just like you could sample between aspirin, advil, aleve and tylenol

Reply to pscot (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 08:37 PM

Jun 2015

Some will work for your pain, others won't, but will cause ulcers and/or liver damage. Move from OTC to prescriptions and you have a whole host of other side effects on top of potential addiction issues.

The worst you can expect from cannabis is a horrendous case of the munchies, a night of couch plant, or an unexpected/unplanned nap.

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