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(4) | (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 4 Comments. See all 11 Comments on this Article.
Regarding Comment
Its not everyday...
  • SolarSanitizer
    In charge of what?

    In what capacity is the DEA in charge of researching the science surrounding long-term drug effects? The actual research or the grants for research, or approval to research legally? I really don't know.

    - SolarSanitizerUS June 19, 2009 1:23PM

    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.

    • tRANIS
      They don't research

      They block everyone else from doing research. They have pretty much the approval power to allow research and they consistantly block or tie it up for years. I can post some links. Surely not all but a start of the paper trail

      http://www.maps.org/mmj /
      http://www.maps.org/mmj/DEAlawsuit.html
      http://ga0.org/drcnet/alert-description.tcl?alert_id=10201889

      - tRANISUS June 19, 2009 1:29PM

      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.

      • SolarSanitizer
        Not Everyone.

        The first link took me to a MAPS page where they talked about DEA-licensed labs. Someone must get clearance to study. Furthermore MAPS is researching vaporized marijuana (among other things, like bongs).

        I hope like 'ell they get their clearance from whomever Obama posts in the DEA.

        I used to smoke cigarettes , but now I vape. e-cig is the best thing to happen to tobacco since fire, and I am sure it can make ingestion of marijuana healthier, just as it has tobacco.

        - SolarSanitizerUS June 19, 2009 1:58PM

        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.

    • 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.