From: hempster@crl.com (Alan Silverman)
Newsgroups: alt.hemp,talk.politics.drugs,ca.politics
Subject: History of Medical Marijuana
Message-ID: <3koegn$9u4@crl7.crl.com>
Date: 22 Mar 95 06:01:59 GMT


			The History of Medical Marijuana

	2727 BC First recorded use of cannabis as medicine in Chinese 
		pharmacopoeia. In every part of the world humankind has
		used cannabis for a wide variety of health problems.

	1937	Cannabis withdrawn from the American public against the
		advice of the medical community. Hemp excluded from 
		"Class II" drugs (having demonstrated medical value)
		by Nixon administration in 1970. Dispite all evidence
		to the contrary, hemp was retained as Class I by the 
		Bush administration in 1989.

	1972	The Nixon-appointed Shafer Commission urged use of
		cannabis be re-legalized, which was not done. Still,
		medical research continued, often with remarkable results.

	1975	FDA establishes Compassionate Use Program for 
		medical marijuana.

	1988	DEA administrative law Judge Francis Young found
		after thorough hearings that marijuana had clearly
		established medical use and should be reclassified
		as a prescriptive drug.

	1990	The California Drug Advisory Board recommends legal
		cultivation of marijuana.

	1991	80% of San Francisco voters vote to legalize medicinal
		use of marijuana.

	1992	Feb.- Department of Health & Human Services callously
		cancels the medical marijuana program.
		Aug.- Marin County Board of Supervisors votes to restore
		marijuana as medicine.
		Nov.- Santa Cruz County votes 77% to legalize marijuana
		by subscription.

	1993	April- Senators Mello and Marks sponsor SJR8: Medical
		Marijuana Resolution seeking Schedule II.
		June- Moro Bay Board of Supervisors votes to restore
		marijuana as medicine.
		July- San Luis Obispo City Council votes to restore
		and study marijuana as medicine.
		Aug.- Both Houses of State Legislature pass SJR8; 
		Assembly: 47-20; Senate: 23-9 in a bi-partisan vote
		sent to President Clinton.

	1994	Aug.- SB 1364-The Marijuana rescheduling bill passes
		both houses of California State Legislature in a
		bi-partisan vote. This would allow doctors to prescribe.
		Sep.- Governor Wilson vetoes SB 1364, forcing the coalition
		to take its message to the people of California to seek 
		justice for their sick and ill.


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	3745 17th Street, S.F., CA 94114   ph. (415)864-1961

	"Join us in our quest for a more just and compassionate society."
			-Dennis Peron, Citizens for Compassionate Use

	"It's criminal to keep this medicine from patients"
			-Joycelyn Elders, former Surgeon General

	"This medicine works"
			-Dean Adell, M.D., ABC-TV Medical Advisor

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					-alan

	
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