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PRESS RELEASE
Patients Out of Time has compiled a list of the major world wide studies focused on the drug policy
of prohibition and those studies specifically concerned
with Cannabis. Each of these studies recommended a change
to existing law. None recommended, “getting tough” and
all saw Cannabis as a positive substance used responsibly.
The United States government clearly takes the position that use of Cannabis
by adults including sick and dying adults is criminal
behavior and should be punished. This is in direct contradiction
to the recommendations of the Commissions conducted on
behalf of the United States government. “Sending the wrong
message”, the DARE program, and “just say no”, have failed.
“If
the political class would implement the recommendations
of
these Commissions we would likely be looking at a
successful health
care orientated drug
issue rather than the failure the
Commissions also
predicted if a harsh, war on drugs continued”
Al Byrne,
Co-founder, Patients Out of Time.
Principal Studies of Cannabis
-The Ohio Medical Society Meeting of 1865 (US) -The Indian Hemp Drug Commission of 1896 (UK) -
The LaGuardia Report of 1944, New York Academy of Medicine (US) -The National Commission on
Marijuana and Drug Abuse, Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding, 1972, Shafer Commission (US)
-Canadian Royal Commission into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, 1969-1974, LaDain
Commission, (Canada)
-The South Australian Royal Commission into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, 1976-1979
(Australia) -
The National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, 1982, Marijuana and Health, Relman Report (US)
Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base, Institute of Medicine, 1999(US)
Studies of Drug Policy
-The Wickersham Commission report on Alcohol Prohibition, 1930 -The Baroness Wootton Report
of 1967 (UK) -Dealing With Drug Use: A Report to the Ford Foundation of 1972, Drug Abuse
Survey
Project (US) -The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs of 1972 (US) -The Nation’s Toughest
Drug Law: Evaluating the New York Experience, 1977, Joint
Committee on the New York Drug Law Evaluation,
Association of the Bar of the City of New York (US) -The Facts About Drug Abuse, 1980, United States
Drug Abuse Council (US) -Analysis of Marijuana Policy, 1982, National Research Council of the National
Academy of Sciences (US) -The Report of the California State Research Advisory Panel, 1990 -A Wiser Course
: Ending Drug prohibition, New York City Bar Association, 1994 -Legislative Options for Cannabis, 1994 (Australia)
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