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SLAP THE ASK or get left behind when the stops this baby soars
Everyone email and Twitter message this guy at once right now we want answers
I'm going to quit pumping this until I see some financial reporting
Huge vote in the house tonight. Must read . The article is about mmj but definitely partains to our drugs
Under legislation set to be voted on by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, patients with terminal diseases would be able to access drugs that have not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The proposal, known as the "Right to Try Act," lays out certain criteria for what can be considered an "eligible investigational drug," all of which marijuana appears to meet.
In order to qualify, a drug has to have completed a phase 1 clinical trial, be under active development and not yet have been approved or licensed for any legal use by the federal government. An eligible medicine also needs to be the subject of an active investigational new drug application and under investigation in a clinical trial intended to form the basis of a claim of effectiveness in support of approval or licensure by the FDA.
Thanks to research being funded by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), cannabis seems to fit the bill.
The organization, which began its quest for investigational new drug status for marijuana in 2010, is currently in the middle of Phase 2 clinical trials on the use of cannabis by military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The goal is to turn whole-plant marijuana into a legal, FDA-approved prescription medicine.
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In the meantime, while the congressional bill appears to open the door to legal access to marijuana, only the most gravely ill patients would qualify.
To access cannabis, they would need to be in "a stage of a disease or condition in which there is reasonable likelihood that death will occur within a matter of months, or a disease or condition that would result in significant irreversible morbidity that is likely to lead to severely premature death."
They would also need to have "exhausted approved treatment options" and not be eligible to otherwise participate in ongoing clinical trials on the drug because they don't meet inclusion criteria or live within geographic proximity of where the study is taking place.
"Making medical marijuana available for terminally ill patients would certainly be a significant step forward for federal policy. If MAPS’s current Phase 2 clinical trial of marijuana for symptoms of PTSD in military veterans qualifies marijuana for use under the proposed Right to Try Act, then the trial will already have helped a lot of people," Brad Burge, MAPS's director of strategic communications, said in an interview. "Still, only making marijuana available for those on the verge of dying isn’t nearly enough, and the best thing the federal government can do for patients is to end the federal monopoly on marijuana for research currently being upheld by Jeff Sessions."
Under longstanding U.S. policy, all marijuana used in scientific research is grown at a University of Mississippi farm licensed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Researchers have long complained that it is difficult to obtain cannabis from the government-sponsored lab and that the product is often of low quality. In 2016, the Obama administration moved to allow more cultivation facilities, but the Department of Justice under U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reportedly blocked the Drug Enforcement Administration from acting on any of the license applications it has so far received.
Because the Right to Try bill is being brought forth on an expedited basis known as "suspension of the rules," it needs support from two-thirds of House members present and voting, with a roll call expected to take place Tuesday evening. A similar bill was approved by the Senate last August.
If the House passes the legislation, the two chambers will work to reconcile the versions into a single proposal to be sent to President Trump, who pledged his support during his State of the Union address in January.
Republican and Democratic staffers for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over food and drug safety, did not respond to a request for comment.
State-based legislation that explicitly outlines a right to try cannabis for terminally ill patients has advanced this year in Utah and Missouri.
Tom Angell publishes Marijuana Moment news and founded the nonprofit Marijuana Majority. Follow Tom on Twitter for breaking news and subscribe to his daily newsletter.
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Big news is coming soon . This will be cack to .0032 in no time
I guarantee they will have long term buyer's or even contracts for their clones
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Huge response I had a very similar response through Facebook . Great CEO
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I'm loading heavy today. MAJOR News could drop anytime
Whooohoooo I'm SLAPPING THAT Ask I'm not getting left behind
Huge day tomorrow. The market over reacted to the pump and dump it will correct tomorrow .0014 .Pump and dump can happen to any good company
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Huge news boys I think we're basically waiting on the university of Maryland to do their work growing enough of the cloned gene so we can start a new FDA trial
Hopefully the market don't over react to the news. I like a slow and steady climb up . $phil
Only thing moving this would be a huge financial report due THIS MONTH
.0601 lol nobody selling there maybe .0701
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Pet pain away might throw a surprise curve ball into 10k
Financial earnings are coming out in what 3weeks it's going to boom
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Sounds to me like when the volume shows up this baby will soar
Dummies. Of course Rik wants shares to sell on the huge run up we're about to experience.
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I was joking I would never bash my favorite stock . I was just under the impression the fins were due this week. I own over a million shares and plan on loading up tomorrow
Aurora cannabis . 33 to $11.40. I'm thinking lvvv .059 to $2.39 in the same amount of time
They are seeing every o
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There is no float it is locked up. Definitely a loading zone.
Once they obtain the state license that will open up the doors to more counties and city permits like wild flowers. Will this hit 100 % gains when they get state licensed only time will tell stay tuned my friends
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I'm SLAPTHEASK before the big BOOM on Monday $mspc