DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg

Last week Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg caused an uproar when he called medical marijuana a "A Joke."  This comment was a slap in the face to all medical marijuana patients, all who need and don't yet have access to medical marijuana, all who have worked for changes to drug laws, and to all those who have gone to jail for simply trying to "medicate." He went on to say of marijuana "It has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine!"  Not only is Mr. Rosenberg's thinking out of step with the majority of Americans -- but it's outright wrong!

In response to his false assertion that weed has no medicinal value, I offer up the classic book "Marihuana The Forbidden Medicine" by DR. Lester Grinspoon and DR. James Bakalar.  Not only does this piece of research discuss ailments that weed can be used to treat, IT'S ALSO WRITTEN BY DOCTORS!   There was also a meta-analysis of 79 medical marijuana studies involving over 6,000 patients published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this year that found evidence to support the use of cannabinoids for the treatment of chronic pain and other conditions.  Research from doctors versus the uneducated personal opinion of an out-of-step government bureaucrat!

It's ok for a person to be wrong, but for that person to hold a wrong-headed mindset while filling a powerful legal postion makes that person dangerous!  His false ideas on marijuana could cost people their lives in the penal system!  Also, people have died because of the government's war on weed!  Send a clear message by signing this petition to see Chuck Rosenberg go.

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