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The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) stated in its website section "Speak Out," (accessed Mar. 2, 2006):
“Smoked marijuana is not scientifically approved medicine…
The active ingredient of Marinol is synthetic THC, which has been found to relieve the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy for cancer patients…
Unlike smoked marijuana… Marinol has been studied and approved by the medical community and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the nation’s watchdog over unsafe and harmful food and drug products.”
Mar. 2, 2006