OPINION: Feds' Top Pot Researcher Says Marijuana Should Be Legal

By National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws , Working to Reform Marijuana Laws - June 18, 2009

Comments(1) | (1)
Uc_color_logo
LOS ANGELES --- A University of California researcher who has performed US-government sponsored studies of marijuana and lung function for over 30 years says that pot should be legal . In an interview with the McClatchy newspaper chain, Donald Tashkin of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, said: "[A]t this point, I'd be in favor of (marijuana) legalization. I wouldn't encourage anybody to smoke any substances. But I don't think it ... Read the Full Article
Read More on: drug law, drug law, drug law, drug law, crime, marijuana, politics, the law
This content is inappropriate

Please select the category that most closely reflects your concern about this content, so that we can review it and determine whether it violates Civility 101 or isn't appropriate for some other reason.
Abusing this feature is also a violation of Civility 101.

Explanation:


You are seeing 1 Comment. See all 11 Comments on this Article.
Regarding Comment
In charge of what?
  • Clay
    Approval

    Too do any study you must submit an outline of your study,with the projected results to the DEA for approval and to receive the government raised pot to use in your study.
    They put the agency charged with the removal of all drugs from American streets with the final approval or denial on all studies
    and as any bureaucratic organization will do,they are protecting their turf when they refuse any medical testing of any drug.

    - ClayUS June 21, 2009 3:26PM

    Reply to this Recommend (0) Icon flag

    Thank You for your Comment

    We review all comments before they're posted. For more on our comment policy, please see our FAQ.