When Mr. Obama said, “It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology” does he realize that is exactly what IS happening with cannabis? Does he know that the government has known since 1974 that pot has great potential as a cancer fighter and that the National Institute of Health report from that study was buried until the end of the 1990s?
Is he aware that in federal marijuana cases defendants are denied the right to mention their medical use, because the federal government says “there is no medical use.”
A policy, Mr. President, that cost Peter McWilliams his life.
A policy, Mr President, that exists in spite of the fact the US Government is the sole legal supplier of medical cannabis in the US and that they distribute this medical cannabis to the 4 remaining patients enrolled in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug program.
A policy that exists in spite of the fact that our government holds US Patent 6630507, “Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants.” If you are going to acknowledge your own pot use Mr. President you have to realize that the myth of the lazy stoner (and just for good measure let’s add Michael Phelps and Carl Sagan to the equation) is now decimated – literally blown out of the water.
via – Salem-News “President Used Marijuana but Mocks & Dismisses Legalization“
