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Fox Feed: MJFF Signs Letter Supporting Medical Cannabis Research

July 13, 2016

On July 12, The Michael J. Fox Foundation joined a group of 13 patient advocacy organizations asking for greater research freedom around medical cannabis. The group sent a letter to key leadership in the U.S. House and Senate urging them to move forward with the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which would lift barriers to medical cannabis research in the United States.

Dear Senators Grassley and Leahy and Representatives Pitts and Green:

On behalf of the patient community, we, the undersigned organizations, urge you to allow a committee vote for the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act (CARERS, S.683, H.R. 1538) which would facilitate safe and legal access to medical cannabis for patients and physicians acting in accordance with state law and lift federal barriers to research.

Our organizations advocate for the millions of Americans living with the various severe and debilitating medical conditions that our organizations respectively represent. We have seen firsthand the devastation that these conditions can inflict upon patients and their loved ones. This is why we are committed to exploring and advocating for all potential treatment options, including medical cannabis for those individuals who could benefit from its therapeutic use.

The CARERS Act would lift barriers that have prevented medical cannabis research in the United States. Due to the onerous restrictions on cannabis, the U.S. is restricting innovation rather than cultivating it. Moving cannabis from Schedule I in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and ending the Drug Enforcement Agency-mandated National Institute on Drug Abuse monopoly on the research supply would lift major federal barriers to medical cannabis research. The CARERS Act would also remove low-THC cannabis from the CSA allowing individuals in states that have created protections for low-THC therapies to more easily access this potential treatment option.

Not everyone should or would use medical cannabis as a treatment option, and further research is needed on the connection between cannabis and the conditions we represent. But medical cannabis may be the best alternative for some individuals when other options have failed or come with significant side effects that impact health, quality of life, and ability to stay on a medication. We urge you to allow the CARERS Act a vote in your respective committees. Only the CARERS Act would provide the necessary safe and legal access and protection for patients while removing federal barriers to research that can improve the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis treatments.

If you have any questions, please contact Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, at steph@safeaccessnow.org.

Sincerely,

Americans for Safe Access

Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE)

Danny Did Foundation

Epilepsy Foundation

Finding a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures (FACES)

Hope4Harper

Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas

Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) Foundation

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Women’s Health Network