Painkiller Warnings Rekindle Debate Over Medical Marijuana

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The months of recalls and warnings surrounding popular prescription painkillers have done more than frighten consumers, batter drug makers' bottom lines and raise questions about the procedures and criteria by which the Food and Drug Administration approves medications.

The fact that so many legal drugs pose serious health risks is also reigniting a debate over the medicinal value of other substances — illegal drugs, particularly marijuana — and what critics believe is the government's continuing resistance to studying their possible benefits...

Great article on how the pharmaceutical industry is paying the government to suppress research on the benefits of medical MJ.