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Oct. 12, 2012
Feds to Debate Marijuana as Medicine
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The federal government lists marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance -- meaning it has no medically accepted use. Next week, interest group Americans for Safe Access will present the scientific case for marijuana's therapeutic effects to a federal appeals court, in hopes of relaxing federal restrictions. Oncologist Donald Abrams reviews the evidence on cannabis.
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Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Donald Abrams
Chief, Oncology
San Francisco General Hospital
Professor, Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California -
Bertha Madras
Professor, Psychobiology
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Southborough, Massachusetts
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