I'm confused. Is recreational drug use something that is reserved for adults since it is a dire threat to our children? Or is it something that is reserved for children since it is assumed to be an irresponsible thing to do.

ITI is developing the THC nasal spray for resistant chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in cancer patients and as an appetite stimulant for anorexia in AIDS patients. The product may have wider therapeutic potential for treating neurological disorders, glaucoma and pain.

An FDA-approved oral, synthetic version of THC currently is on the market as an antiemetic agent for chemotherapy and appetite stimulation for AIDS patients. The THC nasal spray ITI is developing may have advantages over both oral and inhaled THC products, including faster onset of action and relief, and more accurate dosing and bioavailability to improve therapeutic outcomes.

Moreover, ITI's unit dose delivery system helps control intake and limits abuse potential.

The THC nasal spray was invented by Daniel Wermeling, Pharm.D., a faculty member of the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Pharmacy who also is ITI's Chief Scientific Officer. UK filed the THC product patent application last month. Under an agreement with UK, ITI holds exclusive rights to market the THC product worldwide.

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JUSTICE STEVENS:

Do you think there could be any state of facts on which a judicial tribunal could disagree with the finding of Congress that there's no acceptable medical use? Say they had a -- say there was a judicial hearing on which they made a contrary finding. Would we have to ignore that? Would we have to follow the congressional finding or the judicial finding if that happened?

MR. CLEMENT:

Well, it depends on the exact hypothetical you have in mind. I think the -- the judicial finding that I think would be appropriate, and this Court would not have to ignore in any way, is a finding by the D.C. Circuit that, in a particular case where there's a rescheduling effort before the FDA, that the underlying judgement of the FDA refusing to reschedule is invalid, arbitrary, capricious. That's the way to go after the finding that marijuana is a Schedule I substance without a valid medical use in treatment.

http://www.mpp.org/raich/03-1454.pdf

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"Based upon the rationale set out in pages 26 to 34, above, the administrative law judge concludes that, within the meaning of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 812(b)(2)(B), marijuana "has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States" for spasticity resulting from multiple sclerosis and other causes. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious to find otherwise. The facts set out above, uncontroverted by the Agency, establish beyond question that some doctors in the United States accept marijuana as helpful in such treatment for some patients. The record here shows that they constitute a significant minority of physicians. Nothing more can reasonably be required. That some doctors would have more studies and test results in hand before accepting marijuana's usefulness here is irrelevant."

SEP 6 1988 Francis L. Young, Administrative Law Judge

The feds would tip Whitey off when local cops were getting close - they would tell Whitey who the informants were so Whitey could kill them. The FBI men did this multiple times. I think 2 or 3 of them finally got indicted and sent to jail, about 10 or 20 years after the fact.

The X-governor of CT is done with most of his year and 1 day sentence in prison for corruption and rumor has it that there is an array of corporations waiting in line to offer him a 6 figure salaried job when he gets out, but someone with a simple cannabis possession charge on his/her record doesn't stand much of a chance to procure a decent job.