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Marijuana Cannabis May Be Studied for US Combat Disorder
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 WOUNDED MAINE VET TOUTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA
POT OF WAR! Government Approves Study to Give Medical Cannabis to Veterans With PTSD
By
DAN FROSCH
Published: July 18, 2011
And For All The US Combat Vets That Are Out
There! I Would Like To Just Say THANK YOU!
A
version of this article appeared in print on July 19, 2011, on page A15 of the
New York edition with the headline: Marijuana May Be Studied for Combat
Disorder.
DENVER — For years now, some veterans groups and marijuana advocates have
argued that the therapeutic benefits of the drug can help soothe the
psychological wounds of battle. But with only anecdotal evidence as support,
their claims have yet to gain widespread acceptance in medical circles.
Now, however, researchers are seeking federal approval for what is believed to
be the first study to examine the effects of marijuana on
veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder.
The proposal, from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies in
Santa Cruz, Calif., and a researcher at the University of Arizona College of
Medicine, would look at the potential benefits of cannabis by examining 50
combat veterans who suffer from the condition and have not responded to other
treatment.
“With
so many veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a widely
accepted need for a new treatment of PTSD,” said Rick Doblin, founder and
executive director of the psychedelic studies group. “These are people whom we
put in harm’s way, and we have a moral obligation to help them.”
In April, the Food and Drug Administration said it was satisfied that safety
concerns over the study had been addressed by Mr. Doblin and Dr. Sue Sisley, an
assistant professor of psychiatry and internal medicine at Arizona, according to
a letter from the drug
administration provided by Mr. Doblin.
But the letter also noted that the project could not go forward until the
researchers identified where they would get their marijuana. And that cannot
happen, Mr. Doblin said, until the project is approved by a scientific review
panel from the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes
representatives from an assortment of federal health agencies.
If the proposal is approved, Mr. Doblin said, the researchers will use marijuana
grown by the University of Mississippi under a contract with the National
Institute on Drug Abuse. It is the only marijuana permitted to be used in
federally approved studies.
A Health and Human Services spokeswoman said the proposal was still under
review. “The production and distribution of marijuana for clinical research is
carefully restricted under a number of federal laws and international
commitments,” the spokeswoman, Tara Broido, said in an
e-mail. “Study proposals are reviewed for scientific quality and the
likelihood that they will yield data on meaningful benefits.”
An institutional review board must also approve the study, as well as the Drug
Enforcement Administration, Mr. Doblin said.
Getting final approval from the federal government could prove difficult, Mr.
Doblin and Dr. Sisley conceded. They said it was far more challenging to get
authorization for a study that examines the benefits of an illegal drug than its
risks.
“We really believe science should supersede politics,” Dr. Sisley said.
“This illness needs to be treated in a multidisciplinary way. Drugs like
Zoloft and Paxil have proven entirely inadequate. And there’s anecdotal
evidence from vets that cannabis can provide systematic relief.”
Medical
marijuana is legal in 16 states and the District of Columbia. But only New
Mexico and Delaware specifically list post-traumatic stress
disorder as a qualifying condition for treatment, according to the Marijuana
Policy Project, a Washington-based group that supports legal regulation of the
drug.
Currently, nearly a third of the 4,982 patients approved for medical marijuana
in New Mexico suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, more than any other
condition, according to the state’s health department. It is unclear how many
are veterans.
One recent Army veteran from Texas who fought in Iraq for 18 months beginning in
2006, said he used marijuana three times a day in lieu of the painkillers and
antidepressants he was prescribed after returning home. He asked that his name
not be used because Texas does not allow medical marijuana.
The veteran, who said he had been shot in the leg and suffered numerous head
injuries from explosions while deployed as a Humvee gunner, said marijuana
helped quiet his physical and psychological pain, while not causing the weight
loss
and sleep deprivation brought on by his prescription medications.
“I
have seen it with my own eyes,” he said. “It works for a lot of the guys
coming home.”
If
the study is approved, veterans who participate would be observed on an
outpatient basis over three months, Mr. Doblin said. During two four-week
increments, they would be given up to 1.8 grams of marijuana a day to treat
anxiety, depression, nightmares and other symptoms brought on by PTSD.
Researchers would also observe the veterans for periods when they are not
permitted to use marijuana.
In addition to a placebo, researchers plan to use four marijuana strains in the
study, each containing different levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a primary
component of the drug. One of the strains will also contain cannabidiol (CBD),
another ingredient thought to have an anti-anxiety effect.
Mr. Doblin said the veterans would be allowed to use the marijuana at their
own discretion. Half will be instructed to smoke the drug, while the other half
will inhale it through a vaporizer.
http://www.nytimes.
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