Why not wait for more research before making marijuana legally available as a medicine?
There are several reasons: • The federal government is actively blocking research into marijuana’s use as a medicine. In fact, several researchers have filed lawsuits against the federal government, charging it with obstruction for failing to act on an application for approval to grow high-potency, research-grade marijuana at a university facility in Massachusetts. The researchers who filed suit are barred from obtaining research-grade marijuana from other countries, and the poor quality of the federal government’s marijuana makes it unfeasible to use in research; thus, without the ability to grow it for themselves, they are unable to conduct research into marijuana’s medical use. • There already is ample evidence that marijuana has medical uses. • Even if more research was needed, patients using marijuana should not face arrest and imprisonment while waiting for the results of research that tells them what they already know: marijuana has anti-nausea, anti-spasticity, and appetite-sti
