Government (Policy)

Witnesses Oppose Bill That Would Ban Drugs Derived from Marijuana

Published in AIDS Weekly, February 2nd, 1998

Doctors should not be barred from prescribing drugs derived from marijuana to help cancer and AIDS sufferers cope with nausea, witnesses told a New Hampshire House committee.

Dr. James Pilliod, New Hampshire Medical Society, and a Republican lawmaker from Belmont, told a House committee many beneficial medicines are derived from illegal substances like cocaine and marijuana.

Pilliod urged lawmakers not to take away doctors' power to help patients who might not get relief from other drugs.

The bill would repeal a law that allows doctors to use the drugs to help people undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Pilliod said...

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