For Information On The Medical Uses Of Marijuana
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In reaction to medical cannabis access referendums on the ballots in
Arizona and California, former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and
George Bush signed a letter stating that they ``categorically oppose''
access to cannabis for its many proven therapeutic uses such as the
prevention of bli ....
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.... aspirin up to
1,000 Americans per year, cannabis kills 0 per year [3].
When we know the facts we can understand why in 1988, after extensive
review of the scientific literature, the DEA's own administrative judge
Frances Young concluded that ``Marijuana is one of the safest
therapeutically active substances know to man.'' [4]
Opponents of legal cannabis access would have us believe that there is not
enough research available to determine its safety. Nothing could be
further from the truth. C ....
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