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When the government says there is no medical use for marijuana, it's just plain wrong, according to a petition being filed Monday under the Data Quality Act, a little-known law that requires federal agencies to rely on sound science.
If the patient-advocacy group filing the claim prevails, the Department of Health and Human Services will have to change its tune on medical marijuana and publicly admit that the drug is now routinely used for medical treatment.
Americans for Safe Access, the national medical-marijuana advocacy group responsible for the petition, will hold a noon press conference at the National Press Club. Reporters will enjoy a light lunch and hear from leading researchers, medical marijuana patients, and representatives from a few of the dozens of professional health organizations that have endorsed changing federal rules on medical marijuana, including the American Public Health Association and the American Nurses Association.
At issue is the government's insistence that "marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States." According to the petition, scientific research, federal reports and patient experience all show marijuana works for pain, nausea, loss of appetite, anxiety, and spasticity.
Admitting marijuana has medical use would clear the way to allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients. Currently, nine states have laws permitting patients to legally use it, but they are at odds with the federal prohibition that ranks marijuana as more dangerous than cocaine or amphetamines.
Those debunking the government's claim will include Marcus Conant, M.D., leading HIV/AIDS clinician and researcher whose suit against the government established the right of physicians to recommend marijuana to their patients; Denis Petro, M.D., chief of neurology, Malcolm Grow Medical Center of Andrews Air Force Base, a leading researcher in treating Multiple Sclerosis with marijuana and its cannabinoid components; and Robert Melamede, Ph.D., chair of the biology department, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where he researches and teaches on the role of cannabinoids in health and disease.
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor, Health Reporter
Contact: William Dolphin of Americans for Free Access, 510-919-1498 Web: https://www.safeacessnow.org/
News Advisory: -- Health and Human Services is Target of Patient-Group Action Under Data Quality Act
-- Press Conference with Doctors and Patients at the National Press Club
WHEN:
12 p.m., Monday, Oct. 4. (Lunch provided)
WHERE:
National Press Club, Edwin R. Murrow Room, 14th and F Sts. NW, Washington, D.C.
For more information, contact William Dolphin at 510-919-1498 or Steph Sherer at 510-872-7822.
Source: U.S. Newswire
Published: October 1, 2004
Copyright 2004 U.S. Newswire
Website: Content Distribution & Promotion
Contact: Content Distribution & Promotion
If the patient-advocacy group filing the claim prevails, the Department of Health and Human Services will have to change its tune on medical marijuana and publicly admit that the drug is now routinely used for medical treatment.
Americans for Safe Access, the national medical-marijuana advocacy group responsible for the petition, will hold a noon press conference at the National Press Club. Reporters will enjoy a light lunch and hear from leading researchers, medical marijuana patients, and representatives from a few of the dozens of professional health organizations that have endorsed changing federal rules on medical marijuana, including the American Public Health Association and the American Nurses Association.
At issue is the government's insistence that "marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States." According to the petition, scientific research, federal reports and patient experience all show marijuana works for pain, nausea, loss of appetite, anxiety, and spasticity.
Admitting marijuana has medical use would clear the way to allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients. Currently, nine states have laws permitting patients to legally use it, but they are at odds with the federal prohibition that ranks marijuana as more dangerous than cocaine or amphetamines.
Those debunking the government's claim will include Marcus Conant, M.D., leading HIV/AIDS clinician and researcher whose suit against the government established the right of physicians to recommend marijuana to their patients; Denis Petro, M.D., chief of neurology, Malcolm Grow Medical Center of Andrews Air Force Base, a leading researcher in treating Multiple Sclerosis with marijuana and its cannabinoid components; and Robert Melamede, Ph.D., chair of the biology department, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where he researches and teaches on the role of cannabinoids in health and disease.
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor, Health Reporter
Contact: William Dolphin of Americans for Free Access, 510-919-1498 Web: https://www.safeacessnow.org/
News Advisory: -- Health and Human Services is Target of Patient-Group Action Under Data Quality Act
-- Press Conference with Doctors and Patients at the National Press Club
WHEN:
12 p.m., Monday, Oct. 4. (Lunch provided)
WHERE:
National Press Club, Edwin R. Murrow Room, 14th and F Sts. NW, Washington, D.C.
For more information, contact William Dolphin at 510-919-1498 or Steph Sherer at 510-872-7822.
Source: U.S. Newswire
Published: October 1, 2004
Copyright 2004 U.S. Newswire
Website: Content Distribution & Promotion
Contact: Content Distribution & Promotion
