"smoked marijuana has no currently accepted or proven medical use in the United States and is not an approved medical treatment."
The intent here was to be all lawyerly and hide behind definitions of words that cannot be precisely defined, such as "currently accepted" and "proven." Tactics like this are usually described as "misleading" as opposed to "lying", which is a deliberate untruth. Today's New York Times says this however:
Several officials in the 11 states that allow medical marijuana disputed the F.D.A.'s contention that there was no research supporting the drug's medical use. They noted, in particular, a 1999 review by the National Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most prestigious scientific advisory panel, which found marijuana to be "moderately well-suited" to some conditions, including wasting disease from AIDS and the nausea that often results from chemotherapy.
Sounds to me like the "nations most prestigious scientific advisory panel" "accepts" that there is "proof" of marijuana's medical value. I'm no lawyer, but if I'm on a jury, I'm finding the government LIED.
A government that is still ostensibly yours my friend. Please do something today to hold it accountable.
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