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Zilos · 05-30-2005, 09:20 AM

Medical-marijuana Can Hurt More Than Heal

May 29, 2005 | theday.com | By Stephen A. Wyatt, O.D.

Letters To The Editor:
We oppose the legalization of medical marijuana. To date, no critical research has been performed establishing its efficacy or safety. The American Medical Association, American Optometric Association and National Institutes of Health are all in opposition to this Bill 124.

Every symptom or disease cited by the advocates of medical marijuana has other appropriately researched, and medically approved, alternatives for treatment. There currently is no way to control the dosing, contamination from other chemicals or molds, and harmful effects on the lungs and immune system in ingested or inhaled marijuana.

Cannabis is often the first illicit drug that the young people of Connecticut are introduced to, second only to cigarettes. There is an association between a drop in scholastic performance, criminal behavior, mood or anxiety problems, and future drug dependence with the regular use of marijuana. Perception of harm is a very strong deterrent to the use of drugs by young people. This bill would send the wrong message.

Individuals dependent on this drug are known to use compulsively even when their health, education, jobs, interpersonal relationships and legal status are in jeopardy. In 2002, more than 4,000 patients came into treatment in Connecticut citing marijuana as their primary drug problem, seven hundred of whom were adolescents.

It is insulting that the advocates would describe physicians not in support of this bill as not “believing it is important to help people suffering.” Please read those messages for what they are, misinformed and deceptive. Say no to legalization of medical marijuana.

Stephen A. Wyatt, O.D.
Mark Kraus, M.D.
Waterbury

Editor's note: Dr. Wyatt is president of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and Dr. Kraus is the immediate past president.

cb007sax · 05-30-2005, 07:40 PM

I wonder how much these doctors benefit from prescribing "alternatives for treatment". They get free pens right? : )

didorusso · 05-30-2005, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Zilos

Medical-marijuana Can Hurt More Than Heal

May 29, 2005 | theday.com | By Stephen A. Wyatt, O.D.

Letters To The Editor:
To date, no critical research has been performed establishing its efficacy or safety.

BS!
If they had said "clinical research" instead of critical research, I would have probably kept quiet.

vladimir · 05-31-2005, 02:34 AM

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There is an association between a drop in scholastic performance, criminal behavior, mood or anxiety problems, and future drug dependence with the regular use of marijuana.

but feeding someone opiate-based painkillers that sometimes make the patients condition worse and numbs them up, gets them addicted, and makes them generally lazy is a much better idea. and the pharamaceutical industry can make several billion dollars with it too!

smoking_joe_lee · 05-31-2005, 05:19 AM

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We oppose the legalization of medical marijuana.

That's simply opinion. Everyone has the right to be wrong.

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To date, no critical research has been performed establishing its efficacy or safety.

Maybe it's about time honest research was done, don't you think? Tens of thousands, in the USA alone are receiving benifits from medical marijuana. Even if it only alieviates one's symptoms, as many approved medications do, it has value. Ask Montel Williams.

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The American Medical Association, American Optometric Association and National Institutes of Health are all in opposition to this Bill 124.

All too often we hear about drugs that were approved by the AMA being pulled from the market. Usually it is by tv law firms trying to drum up buisness. "If you or a loved one suffered heart attack or death from the drug blank, call the law offices of...!" The point is the AMA should be the first people giveing out this info.

Maybe there are some side effects from mj. Even so, it seems criminally short sighted to ignore the benifits people are now receiveing from medical mj.

This is smoking joe lee and i'm not 63. not yet, anyway...

05-31-2005, 09:45 AM

Say...look who DOES support Medical Cannabis...

AIDS Action Council - 1996
*Alaska Nurses Association - 1998
State of Alaska Voters - 1998
Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics – 1981
+American Academy of Family Physicians – 1989, 1995
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Medical Students Association – 1993
+*American Nurses Association - 2003
*American Preventive Medical Association – 1997
+*American Public Health Association (APHA) - 1995
State of Arizona Voters - 1996 & 1998
+Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - 1999
City of Berkeley, CA - 1979
City of Breckenridge, CO - 1994
City of Burlington, VT - 1994
California Academy of Family Physicians - 1996
California Democratic Party - 1993
California Legislative Council for Older Americans - 1993
+California Medical Association - 1994
California Nurses Association - 1995
California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist
Church - 1996
California Pharmacists Association - 1997
The State of California Voters - 1996
Cannabis Freedom Fund – 1996
The State of Colorado Voters - 2000
*Colorado Nurses Association – 1995
*+Connecticut Nurses Association - 2004
Contigo-Conmigo - 1997
Consumer Reports Magazine - 1997
Crescent Alliance Self Help for Sickle Cell - 1999
Cure AIDS now - 1991
District of Columbia Voters - 1999
+Episcopal Church of the U.S. - 1982
Farmacy - 1999
Federation of American Scientists - 1994
Florida Governor’s Red Ribbon Panel on AIDS - 1993
Florida Medical Association - 1997
Frisco, CO – 1994
Green Party - 1998
Hawaii Kokua Council of Senior Citizens - 2000
*Hawaii Legislature - 2000
*Hawaii Nurses Association – 1999
*Illinois Nurses Association - 2004
Institute of Medicine - 1982 & 1999
International Cannabis Alliance of Researchers and
Educators (I-CARE) - 1992
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Iowa Democratic Party - 1994 & 2000
Kaiser Permanente – 1997
Lancet - 1997
Life Extension Foundation - 1997
Libertarian Party – 1999
Los Angeles County AIDS Commission - 1996
Lymphoma Foundation of America - 1997
City of Madison, WI – 1993, 2004
Maine AIDS Alliance - 1997
Maine Voters - 1999
Marin County, CA – 1993
+Medical Society of the State of New York - 2004
Minnesota Democratic Farm-Labor Party - 1992
*Mississippi Nurses Association - 1995
Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse (MAMA) -1992
Multiple Sclerosis California Action Network (MS-CAN) - 1996
National Association for Public Health Policy - 1998
National Association of Attorneys General - 1983
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
National Association of People with AIDS - 1992
*National Nurses Society on Addictions (NNSA) - 1995
Thw State of Nevada Voters - 1998
New England Journal of Medicine – 1997
New Jersey Nurses Association - 2002
New Mexico Medical Society - 2001
*New Mexico Nurses Association – 1997
*New York State Nurses Association - 1995
*North Carolina Nurses Association - 1996
City of Oakland, California - 1998
The State of Oregon Voters – 1998
Oregon Green Party - 2001
Oregon Democratic Party - 1998
Patients Out of Time - 1995
Physicians Association for AIDS Care
Physicians for Social Responsibility (Oregon) – 1998
Progressive National Baptist Convention - 2004
Republican Liberty Caucus National Committee - 1999
San Diego, CA - 1994
San Francisco, CA - 1992
San Francisco Medical Society - 1996
Santa Cruz County, CA – 1993
+Texas Democratic Convention - 2004
Unitarian Universalist Association - 2004
United Methodist Church - 2004
*Virginia Nurses Association - 1994
*Virginia Nurses Society on Addictions - 1993
*Washington Hemp Education Network - 1999
Washington Democratic Party - 1998 & 2000
Washington Voters - 1998
Wisconsin Democratic Party - 1997
Wisconsin Public Health Association - 1999
Wisconsin Nurses Association - 1999

Supporting Research
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry - 2000
+American Academy of Family Physicians - 1977
American Cancer Society – 1997
+*American Nurses Association - 2003
*American Nurses Association, Congress of Nursing Practice - 1996
American Society of Addiction Medicine – 2000
+Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - 1999
California Medical Association - 1997
California Society of Addiction Medicine – 1997
+*Connecticut Nurses Association - 2004
+Council of Health Organizations - 1971
Federation of American Scientists – 1995
+Medical Society of the State of New York - 2004
National Institute of Health Workshop on the Medical Utility of Marijuana -1997
+Northern New England Psychiatric Society
+Texas Democratic Convention – 2--4
Wisconsin State Medical Society – 1998
Women of Reform Judaism - 2000

No Criminal Penalty
Amherst, MA - 2000
Alaska Medical Association - 1972
+American Academy of Family Physicians - 1977
American Bar Association - 1977
American Medical Association – 1977
+*American Nurses Association - 2003
+American Public Health Association - 1971
American Social Health Association – 1974
+Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - 1999
+Berkeley, CA - 1972
B’nai B’rith Women - 1974
Central Conference of American Rabbis – 1973
+*Connecticut Nurses Association - 2004
+Council of Health Organizations - 1971
District of Columbia Medical Society - 1973
+Episcopal Church of the US - 1973
Episcopal Diocese of New York - 1975
Gray Panthers - 1975
Illinois Bar Association - 1974
Lutheran Student Movement - 1975
Massachusetts Bar Association - 1974
National Association for Mental Health - 1972
National Association of Social Workers – 1975
National Council of Churches - 1973
National Education Association - 1978
New York Bar Association - 1974
+Northern New England Psychiatric Society
Southern California Psychiatric Society – 1979
+Texas Democratic Convention - 2004
United Methodists - 1976
+Unitarian Universalist Association – 1970, 2002
Vermont Bar Association - 1974
+Washington Democratic Party - 2000

Non-U.S. Organizations
Arachnoiditis Trust, UK - 2000
Australian National Task Force on Cannabis – 1994
Australian Medical Association (New South Wales) Limited - 1999
British Medical Association - 1997
Bundesverband Poliomyelitis (Federal Union for Polio),
Germany – 1998
Canadian AIDS Society - 2004
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police - 2001
Canadian Medical Association – 2001
Canadian Medical Association Journal - 2001
Canadian Medical Journal - 2001
Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe (German AIDS Support Organization)
- 1998
Deutsche Epilepsievereinigung (German Association for
Epilepsy) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Algesiologie (German Society for
Algesiology) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Drogen-und Suchtmedizin
(German Society for Drug and Addiction Medicine) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft niedergelassener Ärzte zur
Versorgung HIV – 1998
French Ministry of Health - 1997
Health Canada - 1997
House of Lords (UK) Select Committee on Science and Technology - 1999
Infizierter (German Working Group for Therapists of the HIV
infected) –1999
International Association for Cannabis as Medicine - 2000
Legalise Cannabis Alliance - 2000
New South Wales (Australia) Parliamentary Working Party on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes - 2000
Lancet (UK) – 1995, 1998
Medical Association of Jamaica - 2001
Medical Cannabis Research Foundation (UK) – 2000
National Commission on Ganja, Jamaica - 2001
National Council on Drug Abuse, Jamaica - 2001
Preventive Medical Center, Netherlands - 1993
Schmerztherapeutisches Kolloquium (Society for Pain
Therapists) Germany - 1998
Stichting Institute of Medical Marijuana, Netherlands - 1993
United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands – 2000

*Therapeutic cannabis consultation and information provided by:

Patients Out of Time
Fish Pond Plantation, 1472 Fish Pond Road
Howardsville, Virginia 24562
(434) 263-4484, FAX (434) 263-6753
E-mail: Patients@MedicalCannabis.com
www.medicalcannabis.com
+ Denotes listing in multiple categories

1/2005

05-30-2005, 09:20 AM	#1
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cb007sax Jr. Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 297 Grams: 1,534.20 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 2 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	I wonder how much these doctors benefit from prescribing "alternatives for treatment". They get free pens right? : )

05-31-2005, 09:45 AM	#6
Mamabudz Posts: n/a Grams: 0 [Check] Stock Portfolio Total Value: Gain/Loss: %	Say...look who DOES support Medical Cannabis... AIDS Action Council - 1996 Alaska Nurses Association - 1998 State of Alaska Voters* - 1998 Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics – 1981 +American Academy of Family Physicians – 1989, 1995 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) American Medical Students Association – 1993 *+American Nurses Association** - 2003 American Preventive Medical Association – 1997 +American Public Health Association (APHA) - 1995 State of Arizona Voters - 1996 & 1998 +Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - 1999 City of Berkeley, CA - 1979 City of Breckenridge, CO - 1994 City of Burlington, VT - 1994 California Academy of Family Physicians - 1996 California Democratic Party - 1993 California Legislative Council for Older Americans - 1993 +California Medical Association - 1994 California Nurses Association - 1995 California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church - 1996 California Pharmacists Association - 1997 The State of California Voters - 1996 Cannabis Freedom Fund – 1996 The State of Colorado Voters - 2000 Colorado Nurses Association – 1995 +Connecticut Nurses Association - 2004 Contigo-Conmigo - 1997 Consumer Reports Magazine - 1997 Crescent Alliance Self Help for Sickle Cell - 1999 Cure AIDS now - 1991 District of Columbia Voters - 1999 +Episcopal Church of the U.S. - 1982 Farmacy - 1999 Federation of American Scientists - 1994 Florida Governor’s Red Ribbon Panel on AIDS - 1993 Florida Medical Association - 1997 Frisco, CO – 1994 Green Party - 1998 Hawaii Kokua Council of Senior Citizens - 2000 Hawaii Legislature - 2000 Hawaii Nurses Association – 1999 Illinois Nurses Association - 2004 Institute of Medicine* - 1982 & 1999 International Cannabis Alliance of Researchers and Educators (I-CARE) - 1992 Iowa Civil Liberties Union Iowa Democratic Party - 1994 & 2000 Kaiser Permanente – 1997 Lancet - 1997 Life Extension Foundation - 1997 Libertarian Party – 1999 Los Angeles County AIDS Commission - 1996 Lymphoma Foundation of America - 1997 City of Madison, WI – 1993, 2004 Maine AIDS Alliance - 1997 Maine Voters - 1999 Marin County, CA – 1993 +Medical Society of the State of New York - 2004 Minnesota Democratic Farm-Labor Party - 1992 Mississippi Nurses Association - 1995 Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse (MAMA)* -1992 Multiple Sclerosis California Action Network (MS-CAN) - 1996 National Association for Public Health Policy - 1998 National Association of Attorneys General - 1983 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) National Association of People with AIDS - 1992 National Nurses Society on Addictions (NNSA) - 1995 Thw State of Nevada Voters* - 1998 New England Journal of Medicine – 1997 New Jersey Nurses Association - 2002 New Mexico Medical Society - 2001 New Mexico Nurses Association – 1997 New York State Nurses Association - 1995 North Carolina Nurses Association - 1996 City of Oakland, California* - 1998 The State of Oregon Voters – 1998 Oregon Green Party - 2001 Oregon Democratic Party - 1998 Patients Out of Time - 1995 Physicians Association for AIDS Care Physicians for Social Responsibility (Oregon) – 1998 Progressive National Baptist Convention - 2004 Republican Liberty Caucus National Committee - 1999 San Diego, CA - 1994 San Francisco, CA - 1992 San Francisco Medical Society - 1996 Santa Cruz County, CA – 1993 +Texas Democratic Convention - 2004 Unitarian Universalist Association - 2004 United Methodist Church - 2004 Virginia Nurses Association - 1994 Virginia Nurses Society on Addictions - 1993 Washington Hemp Education Network - 1999 Washington Democratic Party* - 1998 & 2000 Washington Voters - 1998 Wisconsin Democratic Party - 1997 Wisconsin Public Health Association - 1999 Wisconsin Nurses Association - 1999 Supporting Research American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry - 2000 +American Academy of Family Physicians - 1977 American Cancer Society – 1997 +American Nurses Association - 2003 American Nurses Association, Congress of Nursing Practice - 1996 American Society of Addiction Medicine – 2000 +Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - 1999 California Medical Association - 1997 California Society of Addiction Medicine – 1997 +Connecticut Nurses Association - 2004 +Council of Health Organizations - 1971 Federation of American Scientists – 1995 +Medical Society of the State of New York - 2004 National Institute of Health Workshop on the Medical Utility of Marijuana -1997 +Northern New England Psychiatric Society +Texas Democratic Convention – 2--4 Wisconsin State Medical Society – 1998 Women of Reform Judaism - 2000 No Criminal Penalty* Amherst, MA - 2000 Alaska Medical Association - 1972 +American Academy of Family Physicians - 1977 American Bar Association - 1977 American Medical Association – 1977 +American Nurses Association - 2003 +American Public Health Association - 1971 American Social Health Association – 1974 +Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - 1999 +Berkeley, CA - 1972 B’nai B’rith Women - 1974 Central Conference of American Rabbis – 1973 +Connecticut Nurses Association - 2004 +Council of Health Organizations - 1971 District of Columbia Medical Society - 1973 +Episcopal Church of the US - 1973 Episcopal Diocese of New York - 1975 Gray Panthers - 1975 Illinois Bar Association - 1974 Lutheran Student Movement - 1975 Massachusetts Bar Association - 1974 National Association for Mental Health - 1972 National Association of Social Workers – 1975 National Council of Churches - 1973 National Education Association - 1978 New York Bar Association - 1974 +Northern New England Psychiatric Society Southern California Psychiatric Society – 1979 +Texas Democratic Convention - 2004 United Methodists - 1976 +Unitarian Universalist Association – 1970, 2002 Vermont Bar Association - 1974 +Washington Democratic Party - 2000 Non-U.S. Organizations Arachnoiditis Trust, UK - 2000 Australian National Task Force on Cannabis – 1994 Australian Medical Association (New South Wales) Limited - 1999 British Medical Association - 1997 Bundesverband Poliomyelitis (Federal Union for Polio), Germany – 1998 Canadian AIDS Society - 2004 Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police - 2001 Canadian Medical Association – 2001 Canadian Medical Association Journal - 2001 Canadian Medical Journal - 2001 Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe (German AIDS Support Organization) - 1998 Deutsche Epilepsievereinigung (German Association for Epilepsy) -1998 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Algesiologie (German Society for Algesiology) -1998 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Drogen-und Suchtmedizin (German Society for Drug and Addiction Medicine) -1998 Deutsche Gesellschaft niedergelassener Ärzte zur Versorgung HIV – 1998 French Ministry of Health - 1997 Health Canada - 1997 House of Lords (UK) Select Committee on Science and Technology - 1999 Infizierter (German Working Group for Therapists of the HIV infected) –1999 International Association for Cannabis as Medicine - 2000 Legalise Cannabis Alliance - 2000 New South Wales (Australia) Parliamentary Working Party on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes - 2000 Lancet (UK) – 1995, 1998 Medical Association of Jamaica - 2001 Medical Cannabis Research Foundation (UK) – 2000 National Commission on Ganja, Jamaica - 2001 National Council on Drug Abuse, Jamaica - 2001 Preventive Medical Center, Netherlands - 1993 Schmerztherapeutisches Kolloquium (Society for Pain Therapists) Germany - 1998 Stichting Institute of Medical Marijuana, Netherlands - 1993 United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands – 2000 *Therapeutic cannabis consultation and information provided by: Patients Out of Time Fish Pond Plantation, 1472 Fish Pond Road Howardsville, Virginia 24562 (434) 263-4484, FAX (434) 263-6753 E-mail: Patients@MedicalCannabis.com www.medicalcannabis.com + Denotes listing in multiple categories 1/2005

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