San Mateo County's Clinical Trial is a First in US

Posted by FoM on July 25, 2001 at 08:03:22 PT By Bill Workman, Chronicle Staff Writer  Source: San Francisco Chronicle  Philip Alden thinks it's ironic that after smoking pot for four years to relieve the stabbing pains and appetite loss brought on by AIDS that he's now abstaining from it for six weeks in the name of science. The 37-year-old Redwood Shores writer and AIDS activist is the first volunteer to be chosen to take part in the nation's first clinical trials by a local government of medical marijuana. In the coming weeks, 59 other HIV and AIDS patients will be accepted into the study to examine the feasibility and safety of the use of pot by seriously ill patients. Snipped Home    Comment    Email    Register    Recent Comments    Help

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