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Medical Journal Touts 17,000 Pot-Related Studies
10/2/2008|NORML

Jerusalem, Israel: Cannabis is one of the most studied plants on the planet, according to a review published in the September issue of the journal Medicinal Research Reviews. "Research on the chemistry and pharmacology of cannabinoids and endocannabinoids has reached enormous proportions," the journal states. "[A]pproximately 15,000 articles on Cannabis sativa L. and cannabinoids and over 2,000 articles on endocannabinoids" are available in the scientific literature.

Commenting on the review NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said, "Opponents of marijuana law reform - including those who oppose the therapeutic use of cannabis - are fond of claiming that further study of marijuana is necessary before we can amend current law. Yet in reality, cannabis is arguably the most investigated plant on Earth. It's clear that it's politics, not science, that is driving the criminal prohibition of cannabis and unfortunately the publication of another dozen - or even a thousand - studies is not going to change this reality."

For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director. Full text of the study, "Pharmacological and therapeutic secrets of plant and brain (Endo)cannabinoids," appears in the journal Medicinal Research Reviews.

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Mikeebud

Ridiculous, You would think 17,000 studies of the same fucking thing, you'd come to a conclusion that there no proven harmful effects, And no deaths.

But yet some Dumbass is out there, preparing to do a new study, on the same plant. that the first 17,000 didn't Go over right?

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SpiralArchitect

Well, I also think new uses are constantly being discovered and verified. They've discovered all kinds of interesting and beneficial things marijuana can do that most people would've never even thought about.... for instance marijuana as an anti-bacterial agent.