Medical Marijuana Bypasses the FDA and Jeopardizes Consumer Protection
The FDA opposes medical excuse marijuana. Modern medicine does not condone smoking medications or potions. We follow a process through the FDA to assure that medications are safe and effective. Marijuana has never passed the safety and efficacy tests by the FDA and thus jeopardizes consumer protection. Medicine by popular vote is a dangerous precedent. Some treatments are thought to be useful but turn out to be ineffective or dangerous when submitted to rigorous scientific study.
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How is marijuana smoking dangerous?
Yes, it may hurt the lungs but that's only thinking along the lines of smoking, which you don't necessarily have to do.
...worked so well for the 27,000 killed by Vioxx, the soldiers committing suicide over Chantix, the people injured by Phen-Fen...
In over 5,000 years, not one person has died over their medicinal use of marijuana, unless they were shot by law enforcement or criminals in a deal gone bad.
Plus, the FDA won't study medical marijuana. The gov't says "the science isn't there", but then NIDA refuses to let scientists study it!