Legalize Drugs: Zero Tolerance, Prohibition, Drug Laws, and the War on Drugs – Ron Paul
Legalize Drugs: Zero Tolerance, Prohibition, Drug Laws, and the War on Drugs – Ron Paul – thefilmarchive.org 1988 Paul favors the right to use marijuana as a medical option. He was cosponsor of HR 2592, the States’ Rights to Medical Marijuana Act. He is currently a supporter of the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008. He also believes marijuana should be completely legal at the federal level. Paul contends that prohibition of drugs is ineffective and advocates ending the War on Drugs. “Prohibition doesn’t work. Prohibition causes crime.” He believes that drug abuse should be treated as a medical problem: “We treat alcoholism now as a medical problem and I, as a physician, think we should treat drug addiction as a medical problem and not as a crime.” The US Constitution does not enumerate or delegate to Congress the authority to ban or regulate drugs in general. Paul believes in personal responsibility, but also sees inequity in the current application of drug enforcement laws, noting in 2000, “Many prisoners are non-violent and should be treated as patients with addictions, not as criminals. Irrational mandatory minimal sentences have caused a great deal of harm. We have non-violent drug offenders doing life sentences, and there is no room to incarcerate the rapists and murderers.” When asked about his position on implementing the Tenth Amendment, Paul explained, “Certain medical procedures and medical choices, I would allow the states to determine that. The state law should prevail not the Federal Government.” Speaking specifically …
Hypertensive Acute Heart Failure Study Results to Be Presented at American …
Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000
That statement went on to say, "Despite the heterogeneous clinical profiles … the majority of patients with AHFS are treated with homogeneous therapy, namely intravenous diuretics. A next logical step would be to determine whether select subsets of …
Read more on Equities.com
India's patent fix
Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board, on Friday, struck down the patent given in 2006 to Roche's hepatitis C drug, Pegasys. The board cited lack of evidence that the drug was any better than existing treatments and its high cost as the reasons for …
Read more on Business Standard
Israelis aim to 'fix world' with custom cannabis
Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000
"We have accumulated experience in treatment of some 2,000 patients with varying symptoms; some with pain, others with constipation, dizziness or nausea," Cohen told AFP inside a vast tented enclosure with row upon row of plants giving off a heady …
Read more on Phys.Org