"It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance"
-DEA Judge Francis Young
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About the U.S. Government-Funded Institute of Medicine (IOM) Study
This long-awaited study was commissioned by the White House and Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey. In short, the report verifies that marijuana does have medical benefit, and argues that it should be made available to patients who could benefit from its use now. This link will take you to their website, where you can read a full copy of the report.
Political opponents of allowing the use of marijuana as a medicine routinely say that there is no scientific basis for claims that the drug is useful. For instance, U.S. drug czar Barry McCaffrey has said, "There is not a shred of scientific evidence that smoked marijuana is useful or needed." Read more...
Large, historic reports on marijuana as medicine - governmental and quasi-governmental; readable/accessible by section. Some documents are available for download.