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"It&amp;apos;s surely no accident that the FDA waited until the stoner holiday, 4/20, to release a finding that &amp;quot;no sound scientific studies&amp;quot; support the use of marijuana as medicine. And if the Bush administration has a devilish sense of humor, it continues to twist science to fit its draconian drug-war agenda.\n\nFrom the New York Times:\n\nThe Food and Drug Administration statement directly contradicts a 1999 review by the Institute of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences, the nation&amp;apos;s most prestigious scientific advisory agency. That review found marijuana to be &amp;quot;moderately well suited for particular conditions, such as chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and AIDS wasting.&amp;quot;\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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