> Walters argues there is not a whiff of clinical proof qualifying smoked pot > as medicine. Any beneficial compounds that do exist in the leafy plant, he > said, should be synthesized, sent through the rigors of the regulatory > process and packaged as a pharmaceutical, not smoked like black-market > weed. Walters ( whoever he is)is wrong. Pot has been recognized useful even against atheroma ( in small quantitites). it can be useful against tremor too. Of course, govts want to cash in. It has been synthetized, it is called Sativex maryse cg John, 76,16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn