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U.S. Newswire : Releases : “Drug Free America Foundation Endorses House ‘Medical’ Marijuana Bill”
U.S. Newswire : Releases : “Drug Free America Foundation Endorses House ‘Medical’ Marijuana Bill”
Drug Free America Foundation Endorses House ‘Medical’ Marijuana Bill
12/8/2004 3:22:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Lana Beck of the Drug Free America Foundation, 727-828-0211; Web: http://www.dfaf.org
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ — Drug Free America Foundation supports Representative Mark Souder and the Safe and Effective Drug Act (H.R. 5429). This legislation will educate the public about the harms of medical excuse marijuana as well as protect the terminally ill from those whose sole intention is to legalize all Schedule I drugs.
According to Ms. Fay, “What this Bill will do is separate the deceit of the drug legalization advocates’ hidden agenda from the needs of the terminally ill. We have never taken issue with the truly sick who need legitimate medicine; we take issue with the wealthy businessmen who want to profit from their suffering. We also take issue with illegal drug users who want to toke up under the guise of using ‘medicine.’”
This bill will direct the National Institutes of Health to examine the available scientific data regarding the safety and effectiveness of smoking marijuana. It will also require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to post this information and distribute it to public health entities.
“Accountability is key,” says Fay. “If the legalizers are truly compassionate towards the ill they should be thrilled about this act because the effectiveness of marijuana for medical purposes will again be researched. Somehow I don’t think they will. For it’s obvious that the true intent of the pushers behind the drug legalization movement is far from compassionate and not even close to being scientific.”
The Food and Drug Administration and medical community should decide on questions of medicine-not special interest groups, not individuals and never public opinion. Modern medicine relies on proven scientific research, not polling results.
Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. is a drug prevention organization committed to developing, promoting and sustaining global drug strategies, policies and laws that will reduce illegal drug use, drug addiction and drug-related injury and death. For more information, contact Lana Beck, DFAF Director of Communications, at (727) 828-0211, after hours, (727) 403-7571, or visit http://www.dfaf.org .
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This legislation will educate the public about the harms of medical excuse marijuana as well as protect the terminally ill from those whose sole intention is to legalize all Schedule I drugs.
Modern medicine relies on proven scientific research, not polling results.
Ah yes, the Holy FDA that gave us thalidomide, Vioxx, Fen Phen, Ephexor, etc…, etc.., etc…
How many of you know they had to run 5 clinical trials of Prozac to get 2 that indicated it worked better than a sugar pill? The FDA is a shill for the real drug kingpins in this world – Merck, Pfizer, Bayer.
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November 2nd, 2005 at 3:18 am
Straight, Inc. used to be the biggest juvenile drug rehabilitation program in the world. It was also one of the most destructive rehabs the world has ever seen. In 1995 Straight changed its name to Drug Free America Foundation, the organization that posted the newswire in support of the bill against medical marijuana. The principals of Straight should have been indicted for criminal activity and no one should listen to any thing their DFAF has to say.
See http://thestraights.com/drugpolicy.htm
Wes Fager
ed, http://www.theStraights.com
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