| Medical Marijuana Has Been Legal For Years | | | | public. Tars, 400 plus chemicals burning, poor delivery, |
| California was the first State to approve Medical | | | | difficult to regulate, and difficulty in administering |
| Marijuana in 1996, but the Food and Drug | | | | doses, were impassable hurdles facing clearance. To |
| Administration (FDA) had cleared the use of Medicinal | | | | show that they aren’t such a harsh agency, the |
| Marijuana in 1986, as the pill form of Marinol. Marinol | | | | FDA points to their acceptance of Morphine and the |
| contains the active ingredient in Marijuana known as | | | | opiate family. |
| Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and is considered to be, | | | | The FDA may have to dig deeper in their acceptance |
| Medical Marijuana. Marinol is primarily used in | | | | hearts, as the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research |
| association with chemotherapy for Cancer patients, | | | | has concluded an interesting study. From August |
| alleviating nausea and vomiting. The “Pill” is | | | | 2004, to May 2005 at the University of California San |
| also used to assist with loss of appetite by AIDS | | | | Francisco, smokeless delivery was examined. The |
| patients. | | | | primary objective was to evaluate the use of a |
| Why then did the medical community and FDA, give | | | | vaporization system (The Volcano) as a |
| recent proponents of the leafy plant such static | | | | smokeless delivery system for inhaled Marijuana. The |
| regarding legalization? First of all, Marijuana would | | | | results were positive, and a two thumbs up green |
| have been the FDA’s first (and only) drug | | | | light has ushered in a new era in the consumption of |
| approved with a smoking delivery system for | | | | Medical Marijuana. |
| medicine. The FDA has long considered the similarities | | | | Santa may be hauling a lot of extra weight on his |
| of Tobacco and Marijuana too unsafe for the general | | | | sled this year, in the form of Vaporizers. |