Pubdate: Mon, 5 May 2008
Source: Detroit News (MI)
Copyright: 2008, The Detroit News
Contact:  http://detnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/126
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n442/a08.html
Author: Paul R Pearson
Note: This is one of eight letters printed on page A18 of The Detroit 
News under the banner headline "Should state legalize medical use of 
marijuana?" filling about half the page opposite the editorial.

GROUPS, PANELS BACK USE

Not studied thoroughly? Not one single active substance has been
studied more. That is why there has never been a government panel that
has recommended a continuation of restrictive laws: Shafer Commission,
United States, 1972; LeDain Commission, Canada, 1972; National
Commission on Ganja, Jamaica, 2001; Canadian Human Rights Commission,
2002; Consumers Union report, U.S., 2007; and others.

How about the positions for the medical use of marijuana by the AIDS
Action Council, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the
American Bar Association, the American Public Health Association and
over 200 other agencies and medical associations?

Paul R Pearson

Redford Township
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake