Stimulus Dollars Fund Local Study on Marijuana - Vancouver, WA

ionmagic · #1 June 3rd, 2009, 12:06 PM

Stimulus Dollars Fund Local Study on Marijuana

Vancouver, WA. - A Southwest Washington psychology professor has received federal stimulus money to study marijuana and pain management.

WSU Vancouver Professor Michael Morgan qualified to receive $148,438 for his two-year study, which aims to determine whether the use of marijuana along with other anti-pain medications such as morphine provides better pain relief than either drug alone.

The grant from the National Institutes of Health is part of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the economic stimulus package enacted by Congress and signed by the president in February.

"This research is innovative in the field," Morgan said in a news release. "Currently there are no other projects that are studying this chemical relationship using these parameters."

His project was picked because of "its potential to stimulate the economy and create or retain jobs within the community" as well as its likelihood of making scientific progress in two years, school officials said in a news release.

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HerSweetLeaf · #2 June 3rd, 2009, 12:56 PM

thats the best news i heard come outta this whole stimulus thing.

bish · #3 June 7th, 2009, 01:37 PM

Well, it put my 59 year old husband to work in the union. Not bad for a fella that played music for thirty years and had no major retirement. The wages are great and he has at least two years of work with benefits. We are truly grateful to the stimulus package. This winter we were two months behind on everything just limping along. It basically saved our home.
I know alot of folks disagree but I like Obama. If he doesn't publicly endorse marijuana, he likely has some things going on in the background to ameliorate
the degree of persecution.

I am glad to see local studies on mmj. Just that they got the funding shows
the direction.

Johnny Pot Seed · #4 June 8th, 2009, 12:19 AM

I want IN! Lemme in the study! Know who I can talk to about this?

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