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| The American Medical Association, which is the | | | | helpful modes of medical marijuana use, involving the |
| largest doctors’ organization in the USA, has | | | | THC-rich cannabis oil extraction, which is claimed to |
| reconsidered its position towards medical marijuana | | | | be able to heal cancer patients. Today, no one is |
| and currently supports exploration and medical | | | | persecuted for the use of cannabis if a legal medical |
| research on marijuana for medicinal use.The reaction | | | | marijuana card is present. |
| of the federal government to the AMA’s | | | | The reaction of the federal government to the |
| stance has been pretty silent in spite of loosened | | | | AMA’s stance has been pretty silent in spite |
| federal prosecution of medical marijuana use and | | | | of loosened federal prosecution of medical marijuana |
| medical marijuana clinic workers.Marijuana support | | | | use and medical marijuana clinic workers. DEA |
| groups are joyous about the new stance of the | | | | — the Drug Enforcement Administration |
| AMA and the extending change of attitude towards | | | | — repeated the status of marijuana as a |
| medical marijuana and everything related to it. The | | | | Schedule I substance and the FDA — Food |
| American Medical Association, which is the largest | | | | and Drug Administration — refused to give any |
| doctors’ organization in the USA, has | | | | commentaries on the situation. The American Medical |
| reconsidered its position towards medical marijuana | | | | Association was one of the sole groups to object |
| and currently supports exploration and medical | | | | the first federal limitation on cannabis, which were |
| research on marijuana for medicinal use. On Tuesday, | | | | established back in 1937. It still persists to decline |
| the group has persuaded the federal government to | | | | casual idea that medical marijuana is a myth, in spite |
| re-evaluate its controlled substance categorization of | | | | of its past support of Schedule I narcotic |
| marijuana in Schedule I, which unfairly maligns the | | | | classification. The organization even objected an |
| plant alongside with some of the most hazardous | | | | offered amendment, which would have settled its |
| narcotic substances, such as LSD and heroin. | | | | managerial policies in resistance to ingested marijuana |
| AMA officer of board, Dr. Edward Langston specifies | | | | as a safe way of use for medical marijuana |
| that just a least number of controlled, casual tests | | | | treatment. In fact almost any medical marijuana clinic |
| have ever been maintained on ingested marijuana in | | | | provides edible products of medical marijuana for |
| spite of medical research in by medical marijuana | | | | patients with medical marijuana cards. |
| doctors and other experts, which encompasses more | | | | Marijuana support groups are joyous about the new |
| than thirty years. As for now, the group encourages | | | | stance of the AMA and the extending change of |
| new researches on medical marijuana’s | | | | attitude towards medical marijuana and everything |
| effectiveness in spite of its support for the | | | | related to it — medical marijuana doctors, |
| classification of marijuana in Schedule I, since 1997, | | | | medical marijuana clinics, etc. While federal |
| because more and more medical marijuana doctors | | | | administration still resists against the medical marijuana |
| appear over time. | | | | legalization, referring to the FDA consideration in |
| This year, Obama’s administration has also | | | | objection to its secure use as medicine, popular belief |
| ordered federal narcotics agents to stop prosecuting | | | | persists to change in favor of further study and |
| people who use and distribute medical marijuana | | | | medical use of marijuana. Last year, the second |
| (including medical marijuana doctors) in the states | | | | largest doctor group, the American College of |
| that have legalized it, which indicated an alteration of | | | | Physicians has uttered similar support for improved |
| the course from past administrations’ stringent | | | | research and reassessment of medical marijuana. |
| opposition to the use of medical marijuana, even for | | | | Also, the California Medical Association passed its own |
| people that have medical marijuana cards in the | | | | opinions that referred to marijuana criminalization as a |
| states that have legalized the plant for medical use. | | | | failed public health policy. |
| At the moment, fourteen states lawfully permit the | | | | The moods are changing towards frank research of |
| use of medical marijuana and around twelve other | | | | the medical marijuana benefits. The attraction for |
| states have started to think about doing so. The | | | | further proof-based study by acknowledged medicinal |
| American Medical Association is interested in study, | | | | organizations is a step in the proper direction on the |
| which takes in account alternative methods of using | | | | way to legalizing medical marijuana for legal and safe |
| medical marijuana, apart from therapeutically smoking | | | | medicinal purposes. |