“[T]here is sufficient evidence for us to support any physician-patient relationship that believes the use of marijuana will be beneficial to the patient.”
- Rhode Island Medical Society, 2004
“[The AAFP accepts the use of medical marijuana] under medical supervision and control for specific medical indications …”
- America Academy of Family Physicians, 1995
The United Methodist Church’s Board of Church and Society has said, “[S]eriously ill people should not be subject to sanctions for using marijuana if the patient’s physician has told the patient that such use is likely to be beneficial.”
- Position statement adapted at the United Methodist Church’s 2004 General Confrence
The episcopal Church urges “the adoption by congress and all states of statue providing that the use of marijuana be permitted when deemed medically appropriate by duly licensed medical practitioners.”
- Resolution adapted at the 1982 Convention of the Episcopal Church
“When appropriately prescribed and monitored, marijuana/cannabis can provide immeasurable benefits for the health and well-being of out patients.”
- American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2003
Yea I Know that I’m kinda late with this but here is Rick Simpson’s story about how he found his cure for cancer and the reactions of the government and medical organizations. Below is all seven parts. In part 4 he shows how the make the hemp oil.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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“Its bad enough when you have a devastating disease that you are trying to fight. And then when you find a medicine that actually works for you, you a labeled as a criminal. It’s just not right.”
- Irvin Rosenfeld one of the patients in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug program
“The American Nurses Association asserts the “Marijuana/Cannabis has a wide margin of saftey for use under prescribed supervision and it is effective for numerous condition.”
- Resolution adopted at the 2003 American Nurses House of Delegates
“I use medical marijuana to relieve the pain of multiple sclerosis. Marijuana eases my painful muscles spasms and lets me function in the high-pressure world of TV, without the debilitating side effects of legal narcotics. I’ve Tried many expensive, powerful painkillers in my struggle with MS, and not one has afforded me relief — not [...]
Cannabinoids and THC also have a strong pain-killing powers, which is one reason medical marijuana should be readily available to people with cancer and other debilitating diseases.
- Dean Edell, M.D.,
Dr. Dean Edell Show, 2000
