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Massachusetts is one of 16 states which bans marijuana under all circumstances, including medicinal and experimental needs. For 19 years, the state legislature has pigeonholed a law that would give Massachusetts residents access to cannabis for medical use, according to Harvard's Associate Professor of Psychology Lester Grinspoon, who spoke at last night's meeting...
...people who are opposed to cannabis as a medicine say, 'Well, there are other things that work just as well.' But there are substantial numbers of people for whom they do not work," Grinspoon told the council. "It's a crime not to make it available for those people...
Marijuana is useful in treating multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, AIDS, herpes and the side effects associated with chemotherapy, Grinspoon said. However, the FDA currently classifies the drug as a Schedule I drug, which means it can only be used in government experiments, and cannot be prescribed by doctors. Heroin and LSD are also Schedule I drugs...
...Grinspoon said that although the city home rule petition will not make marijuana accessible to Cambridge citizens who need it, "it would...have great symbolic significance...
...Grinspoon downplayed the risks of marijuana but he admitted that the drug can cause heart problems. When questioned, he denied that marijuana causes brain damage and said the "Partnership for a Drug-Free America has no interest in the facts...