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From: Keith.Jones@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Keith Jones)
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Subject: Pot/spasms
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Date: 18 Jun 91 16:29:44 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

  I'm glad to hear that someone suffering from spasticity was able to
find relief from pot. I have considered having a Baclofen pump put in.
It is a crime that if the therapeutic benefits of marijuana have been
well documented that the FDA would be so close-minded as to deny its use
for treatment for spasticity. I think that because pot has gotten such a
bad rap as an illegal drug that the government would like to deny any
therapeutic benefits. What a strange world we live in when a beneficial
medication is stonewalled by our own government through bureaucratic
redtape. What is the most effective way to put pressure on the
government aside from writing letters to congressman?

                                    -Keith-

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