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APPENDIX B: ACCESS TO DELTA-9-THC AND MARIJUANA FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
Pages 171-174

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... Basically two agencies work together for enforcing the controls of the Act: the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Department of Health and Human Services and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
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... controls the supply of marijuana cigarettes and/or A-9-THC capsules for basic research, and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) controls the supply of A-9-THC capsules for cancer treatment.
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... . tThe committee advises the Commissioner of Food and Drugs regarding the scientific and medical evaluation of all information gathered by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice with regard to safety, efficacy, and abuse potential of drugs and other substances and recommends action to be taken by the Department of Health and Human Services with regard to the marketing, investigation, and control of such drugs or other substances.
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... Chier, Pharmaceutical Resources Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. Personal communication, l98l.
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