Another claim against Med MJ goes up in smoke

For years 'they' have said "You can't smoke a medicine"

But here we are --- You can smoke a medicine!
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"Smokable" pain drugs promise faster action

BOSTON (Reuters) - All self-respecting painkillers these days offer
"fast-acting relief," a promise we accept to mean anywhere from 15 minutes
to more than an hour.

For Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is developing drugs for migraine,
pain, panic and agitation, "fast" has to mean "within seconds."

The Palo Alto, California-based company is developing drugs that can be
"smoked," and, like nicotine in cigarettes, pass through the lungs and into
the bloodstream almost instantly.

More at:

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid 07-01-31T093316Z_01_N23263374_RTRUKOC_0_US-ALEXZA-SMOKABLE.xml&src=rss&rpc"
or
http://tinyurl.com/2tg6fc

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Slatts

"Sla#s" wrote in message news:45c31994.0@entanet...

> For years 'they' have said "You can't smoke a medicine"
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> But here we are --- You can smoke a medicine!
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I only wish the kinds of migraines I suffer with were ameliorated by smoking
my favourite herb. I only tried it once and it was quick - but horrid.

Figuring I needed a vaso-constrictor, I even tried smoking tobacco - which
didn't work.

I can't see myself going down the route of smoking opium ....