Marijuana, cranberries: gaining respect.Marijuana, cranberries: Gaining respect Two marginal members of the clinical pharmacopoeia pharmacopoeia or pharmocopeia (fär'məkəpē`ə), authoritative publication designating the properties, action, use, dosage, and standards of strength and purity of drugs. received at least tentative support last week. The chief administrative law judge administrative law judge n. a professional hearing officer who works for the government to preside over hearings and appeals involving governmental agencies. They are generally experienced in the particular subject matter of the agency involved or of several agencies. of the Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established in 1973 by President richard m. nixon as part of the Justice Department, thus uniting a number of federal drug agencies that had often worked at cross-purposes. (DEA DEA - Data Encryption Algorithm ) recommended the DEA reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive status that would make it available by prescription to patients with multiple sclerosis or chemotherapy-induced nausea. He called the drug "one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man." The DEA is expected to reject the nonbinding recommendation. A rejection would like be appealed by groups supporting pot's reclassification (SN: 2/20/88, p.122). And in a review of the scientific literature, appearing in the Sept. 9 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, published 48 times per year by the American Medical Association. JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world. , two physicians conclude there is evidence -- albeit somewhat tenuous -- for the usefulness of drinking cranberry juice in preventing and treating urinary tract infections. It is unclear, however, whether the popular home remedy works by acidifying the urine, and how much juice a patient must consume to gain its therapeutic benefits. |
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