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March 3,1993
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AIDS,
from page 1.
who has been dealing with HIV patients, and are having problems with
your stomach, sleeping or pain, one of
the first things out of a doctor's mouth
is,'Whydon'tyou try smoking pot?'"
"The doctors know," Jay said. "It is
just that the government is standing in
the way."
Jay said, "I just think, for not only
AIDS but for cancer, we need to start
vie wing marijuana in a different lighL"
In 1990 it seemed as if attitudes
about using medical marijuana were
starting to change. In January of that
year, after months of effort, the first
person with AIDS received government-approved suppliesof marijuana
for medicinal purposes.
According to a publication of the
Drug Policy Foundation, between
1990 and 1991 more than 300 people
applied to the government seeking
marijuana cigarettes for medical use.
Only 11 AIDS patients' applications
were approved. These 11 people received legal marijuana from the federal government through the Compassionate IND (investigative new
drug) program.
First developed in 1978. the Compassionate IND program allowed a
doctor to get legal supplies of marijuana from the federal government to
treat patients suffering from life-
threatening or scnsc-thrcatcning diseases, like AIDS, cancer or glaucoma.
But, inJulyof 1991 the Public Health
Service (PHS) and the Food and Drug propositions also require the local
Administration (FDA) shut down the government to inform all the perti-
Compassionate IND program. ncnt agencies, including the FDA and
Before the Compassionate IND pro- Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),
gram was shut down, 200 applica- and the president of theUnited States,
lions were submitted on behalf of of their citizens' desire to have mari-
AIDS patients and their doctors by juana legalized for medicinal pur-
thc Marijuana/AIDS Research Service (MARS). MARS is a project
specifically designed to help HIV-
positive individuals receive information about the use of medical mari-
"These propositions won by a larger
margin than any others in California
history," Randall said. Both Proposition P in San Francisco and Measure
juana. A in Santa Cruz passed with nearly 80
MARS is a project of the Alliance    percent of the vote,
for Cannabis Therapeutics. The All i-      He said that the voters in California
ance was founded in 1980 with only    sent out a very strong message, that
one purpose—to make marijuana Ic-    people arc fed up with prohibition.
gal for medical use. according to prcsi-       Randall said that it is very likely that
dent Robcn Randall. the legal access to medical marijuana
Randall said. "The overall purpose"   Avill be granted relatively soon,
of MARS is to provide people with      There is reason to believe legal me-
timely information on marijuana use
in AIDS therapy."
Randall said that the Alliance provides information regarding the medi-
dicinal use of marijuana may be
granted soon. According to "High
Times" magazine, newly-elected
President Bill Ginton said that within
cal benefits or the legal aspects of    100 days of taking office, the Corn-
smoking marijuana, depending on the
circumstance.
But is it likely that marijuana will be
legalized for medicinal uses? Randall
seems to think so. "All indications arc
that the public is fed up with the
bureaucratic prohibition." Randall
said.
Randall pointed out that San Francisco and Santa Cruz county voters
approved propositions supporting the
medical use of marijuana. These    military issue, he doesn't see legal-
propositionsdonotlegalizemarijuana,    ization happening right away, even
but make it the lowest law enforce-    for limited medical purposes,
ment priority in both counties. "From my generation and down.
The San Francisco and Santa Cruz    people don't see the difference be-
passionatc IND program would be
reinstated.
But Robert Koligian, a Fresnoattor-
ncy. doesn't think Clinton will legalize medical marijuana right away.
"With the trouble this man is having,
I don't think he is going to try anything as controversial like the legalization of marijuana," Koligian said.
Koligian said that with the difficulty
Clinton has had with the gays in the
tween marijuana and alcohol,"
Koligian said. "It shouldn't even be
criminal in the first place," he said.
And Jay said that legalization for
people with AIDS is "not probable,
but it is possible."
All things considered, there remains
the hypothetical question of whether
marijuana should Decontrolled by the
FDA or whether people should be
allowed to grow it in their backyards.
On this issue, opinions definitely vary.
Some people with AIDS believe that
the pharmaceutical companies arc
making enough money from the AIDS
epidemic. Jay said, "I just got acouple
of drugs refilled and the retail cost
was over S500., and I know people
whose monthly pharmaceutical expenses are a lot more than that."
"Pharmaceutical companies arc
making a lot of money from this thing
[AIDS].' Jay said.
"I think that anybody who is over
the age of 18 should be able to get a
permit to grow a couple of plants per
year," Jay said.
But the Alliance and the MARS
project is designed specifically to try
and make marijuana available by prescription..
Randall said that the Alliance supports legalization through prescription rather than backyard growth because. "People who are seriously ill
don't want to be gardeners." Randall
said, "If you arc a woman with breast
cancer, you don't want to wait 16
weeks for medication to alleviate the
side effects of your chemotherapy."
Randall added, "It seems best to
makcitapartof routine medical care."
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