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Article: GAO FINDS MEDICAL MARIJUANA LITTLE USED
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- United Press International
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- November 30, 2002
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GAO finds medical marijuana little used
LOS ANGELES, Nov 30, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX)
-- Both the number of patients using medical marijuana and the number
of doctors prescribing the controversial treatment is relatively low
in three of four states that have such laws on the books and were
surveyed recently by the General Accounting Office.
A GAO report issued Friday found that the total number of patients
using marijuana to relieve pain and several other physical symptoms
in Alaska, Hawaii and Oregon was less than 2,500 and only about .05
percent of the total populations of the states. At the same time,
only 1-3 percent of the physicians in Oregon ...