FDA Questions Medical Marijuana

In a statement not worth the paper it's printed on, bureaucrats at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have put politics above sound science on the issue of medical marijuana -- setting off a firestorm in the scientific community. It seems the FDA would rather align itself with prohibitionists in Congress and the drug czar's office than physicians and scientists, who make short shrift of the FDA's statement.

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Dr. Daniele Piomelli, a professor of pharmacology at the University of California, Irvine, said he had "never met a scientist who would say that marijuana is either dangerous or useless."

Studies clearly show that marijuana has some benefits for some patients, Dr. Piomelli said.

"We all agree on that," he said.