cannabisnews.com: Judge Tells U.S. To Grow More Pot Judge Tells U.S. To Grow More Pot Posted by CN Staff on February 15, 2007 at 12:00:08 PT By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers Source: Detroit Free Press Washington, DC -- Medical researchers need more marijuana sources because government supplies aren't meeting the demand, a federal judge has ruled.In an emphatic but nonbinding opinion, the Drug Enforcement Administration's own judge recommended Monday that a University of Massachusetts professor be allowed to grow a legal pot crop. The real winners could be those suffering from painful and wasting diseases, proponents say. "The existing supply of marijuana is not adequate," Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner ruled.Researchers say the federal government's 12-acre marijuana plot at the University of Mississippi provides neither the quantity nor quality scientists need.They testified that the government-grown pot is too harsh and filled with stems and seeds."The material was of such poor quality, we did not deem it to be representative of medical cannabis," researcher Dr. Ethan Russo said.Bittner didn't embrace those criticisms, but she agreed that the system for producing and distributing research marijuana is flawed.The "competition in the manufacture of marijuana for research purposes is inadequate," Bittner determined. Making additional supplies available, she said, "would be in the public interest."The DEA isn't required to follow Bittner's opinion, and the White House's antidrug stance may make it unlikely that the grass-growing rules will loosen. Both sides now can file further information before DEA administrators make their ruling, meaning a final decision may be months away.Picture of Mississippi Farm: http://gallery.marihemp.com/albums/public_domain_free/miss2.jpgSource: Detroit Free Press (MI)Author: Michael Doyle, McClatchy NewspapersPublished: February 14, 2007Copyright: 2007 Detroit Free PressContact: letters freepress.comWebsite: http://www.freep.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:ACLUhttp://www.aclu.org/MAPShttp://www.maps.org/ Judge Sides with Botanist on Pot Supplyhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22640.shtmlResearch Supports Medicinal Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22637.shtmlJudge: Let Prof Grow Medicinal Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22636.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by doc james on February 16, 2007 at 05:51:59 PT Someone certainly needs to give Ol Miss a bit of competition in the medicinal herb industry, or lack thereof. I mean how can they get it so wrong? I have honed my skills in the past decade and could do a much better job, you would KNOW this herb was medicinal! But that will never happen. So Right on to Dr Russo, the squeaky wheel gets the oil. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by user123 on February 15, 2007 at 19:10:45 PT: Oh No It's de'ja vu all over again. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by ekim on February 15, 2007 at 18:53:45 PT go Dr Russo go--- They testified that the government-grown pot is too harsh and filled with stems and seeds."The material was of such poor quality, we did not deem it to be representative of medical cannabis," researcher Dr. Ethan Russo saidthanks to mayan and his posting about sativex and it going in with otsura ----- In Kalamazoo MI the Apjohn Co has been doing the clinical studies in the US Dr Russo will taking sativex show in p, if so what is being done to allow for this. Lady Barthwell is now down with it-- so is she debating her former self in the dea- another her we hear.as Pete www.drugwarrant.com has a story on her as she now has taken lady barthwells place as anti-plant spokesperson.Paul Peterson if you are here-- has it been shown that if we teach the young to dislike another falsly and the child grows into this beleif that the socieity will suffer as the ideas and wanting to help oneanother has been set back untill one awakes.Has this been shown as a direct cause of dare -- i have heard that more of the young were led into seeking out different substances just because of the new exposure.How has the ratting of students against family -- is there no way to defend against this most dispickable act How has dare affected the teachers courage to teach what is being done with this plant in other counties and ask for research here in the USA to be done/ http://blog.leap.cc/ [ Post Comment ] Post Comment