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<DIV><SPAN class=650475423-11072010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A couple weeks ago I
made some comments about medical marijuana. My interest is not in that
particular medication, but rather in the structure of law in its interaction
with the medical world. Grass is illegal, but Taxifornia is challenging
that. So why not other medications as well? We have a tool where
thousands of patients with any oddball disease can just try stuff, and post to
some central buletin board on how it is going, something like
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href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=control-group-patients-ta">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=control-group-patients-ta</A></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=650475423-11072010>If one has some orphan
disease that can kill, learning about that disease is an overwhelming
interest. The patient soon knows more than the doctor. I can imagine
that is happening more and more all the time. Medics, is
it?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=650475423-11072010>If one had
a database of what patients were trying, coming from all over the world, it
looks to me like useful signals could eventually be extracted from the
noise.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=650475423-11072010>spike</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
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