{"id":2206,"date":"2009-11-13T04:54:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T09:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2009-11-13T04:54:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T09:54:40","slug":"repostama-advocates-change-in-marijuana-classification-the-scientific-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/13\/repostama-advocates-change-in-marijuana-classification-the-scientific-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::AMA Advocates Change in Marijuana Classification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If perchance there is a randomized trial here in Manila please text me I&#8217;m volunteering.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AMA Advocates Change in Marijuana Classification<br \/>\nCategory: Obama Administration \u2022 drug war \u2022 drugs \u2022 health policy \u2022 marijuana \u2022 medicine<br \/>\nPosted on: November 11, 2009 12:37 PM, by Nick Anthis<br \/>\nYesterday, the influential AMA (American Medical Association) announced that it would cease its opposition to the concept of medical marijuana and instead advocate for a change in federal classification of the drug. From the LA Times:<br \/>\nThe American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal government to reconsider its classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use, a significant shift that puts the prestigious group behind calls for more research.<br \/>\nThe nation&#8217;s largest physicians organization, with about 250,000 member doctors, the AMA has maintained since 1997 that marijuana should remain a Schedule I controlled substance, the most restrictive category, which also includes heroin and LSD.<br \/>\nIn changing its policy, the group said its goal was to clear the way to conduct clinical research, develop cannabis-based medicines and devise alternative ways to deliver the drug.<br \/>\n&#8220;Despite more than 30 years of clinical research, only a small number of randomized, controlled trials have been conducted on smoked cannabis,&#8221; said Dr. Edward Langston, an AMA board member, noting that the limited number of studies was &#8220;insufficient to satisfy the current standards for a prescription drug product.&#8221;<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/scientificactivist\/2009\/11\/ama_advocates_change_in_mariju.php?utm_source=selectfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss\">AMA Advocates Change in Marijuana Classification : The Scientific Activist<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><br.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If perchance there is a randomized trial here in Manila please text me I&#8217;m volunteering. AMA Advocates Change in Marijuana Classification Category: Obama Administration \u2022 drug war \u2022 drugs \u2022 health policy \u2022 marijuana \u2022 medicine Posted on: November 11, 2009 12:37 PM, by Nick Anthis Yesterday, the influential AMA (American Medical Association) announced that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/13\/repostama-advocates-change-in-marijuana-classification-the-scientific-activist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;rePost::AMA Advocates Change in Marijuana Classification&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fyi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}