Pubdate: Wed, 08 May 2013
Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
Copyright: 2013 The Arizona Republic
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Author: Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

LAW LETS UNIVERSITIES STUDY MEDICAL POT

State universities will be allowed to conduct federally approved 
research of medical marijuana under legislation signed Tuesday by 
Gov. Jan Brewer.

Senate Bill 1443 had the support of proponents of medical marijuana, 
who said universities provide safe places to research the drug and 
that it is too difficult to perform such research in other locations.

The governor's signature is a victory for those proponents, 
especially Dr. Sue Sisley, a Scottsdale internist in private practice 
and an assistant professor of psychiatry and internal medicine at the 
University of Arizona.

She plans to study the efficacy of marijuana on combat veterans who 
suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

"This is a triumph for the Arizona scientific community and proves 
there is the potential that science will win over politics," Sisley said.

A voter-approved law allows patients with certain debilitating 
medical conditions to use medical marijuana; about 38,000 Arizonans 
participate in the program.
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