Affidavit of Bryan a. Krumm RN 8-16-00

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It has been shown that

different cannabinoids act synergistically to produce greater therapeutic effect


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than single cannabinoid therapy. When the

receptor agonist, palmitoylethanolamide,

they produce an analgesic effect one hundred times greater than either

substance when administered by itself (22).The reason for this synergistic effect is that the human body contains different

types of cannabinoid receptors, which react differently to different cannabinoids,

and are involved in different aspects of the disease process. For instance, THC

It has also been shown that

the use of cannabinoids, such as those found in marijuana, may be effective in

treating many of those diseases

Rd, Edgewood, NM 87015,(505) 286-1325.

am working with New Mexicans for

Compassionate Use to end the damage caused to our society by the war on

drugs. I am recognized by the New Mexico court system as an expert on the

medical uses of marijuana and the history of medical marijuana. I have been

studying the history, effects, and uses of marijuana for over 15 years. I am the

chief researcher for the Cannabis Research Library, the largest online collection

of cannabis research in the world

I use marijuana for the treatment of depression and knee pain, and my

primary care physician has referred me to the Lynn Pierson Therapeutic

Research Program. This program was established under the Controlled

Substances Therapeutic Research Act in 1978, and allows the medical use of

marijuana in New Mexico. Under this program, research was conducted which

proved the safety and efficacy of smoked marijuana for the treatment of multiple

sclerosis and for treating the nausea and vomiting associated with cancer

chemotherapy. Unfortunately, the unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious actions

of the US government led to closure of the program when they refused toapprove further research protocols and then cut off our supply of marijuana

entirely. Therefore, I have three choices. I can turn to an unreliable and

dangerous black market. I can risk losing everything I have by cultivating my

own medicine_ Or, I can go without a needed medication that has unique

pharmacological properties, which can not be mimicked by any other known

class of drug.


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The human body contains a complex system of cannabinoid receptors and

produces its own cannabinoids

forming an endogenous cannabinoid

system that is involved in normal homeostasis of the immune system

transmission of pain responses

am 37 years old. I am a registered nurse at the University of

New Mexico Mental Health Center and

It

has been shown that dysfunction of the endogenous cannabinoid system is

involved in certain disease states

receptor agonist, anandamide,

is given at the same time as the

Affidavit of Bryan A. Krumm RN

My name is Bryan Alan Krurnm.

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is available legally in the United States as a Schedule III drug. THC is a strong


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receptor agonist but has minimal activity at the CB2 receptor and may

actually act as an antagonist at the CB2 receptor (14). CB2 receptor agonists

may prove to be an important class of medications for the treatment of

autoimmune diseases (7, 24) and are found in whole marijuana but not in THCcapsules.

Cannabinoids have been shown to protect the brain against damage from

stroke and trauma

and may protect against neurodegenerative

disorders such as alzheimers and multiple sclerosis (26, 27, 28). Cannabinoids

may also protect against certain types of cancer (29) and have been shown to

inhibit proliferation of certain types of tumor cells

31, 32) and reduce tumor

size. (31) They are effective in treating various movement disorders (33, 34, 35,

36) and hold potential for treatment of various psychiatric disorders (37, 38, 39,40).

Marijuana is far safer than most medications available to us. Inquiries into

the health effects of cannabis has found it to be an incredibly safe drug (41). In

over 5,000 years of use, there has never been a recorded fatal overdose. An

individual would have to smoke over a thousand high potency cannabis

cigarettes in order to have a toxic reaction, making it impossible to have a fatal

overdose (42). The low density of receptors in

nuclei is consistent with

the lack of lethal effects in humans (43). The studies on chronic marijuana use

that have been conducted suggest that tolerance rapidly develops to many of the

effects of cannabis use and field studies have failed to find any major

consequences from chronic heavy use of cannabis (44). No clinical evidence

has been discovered suggesting increased prevalence of opportunistic infection

or malignancy among cannabis users (45). A study of 65,171 individuals found

that marijuana use has little effect in non-AIDS mortality in men and total

mortality in women. The effect on AIDS related mortality in men was probably

not causal but rather represented an uncontrolled confounding factor associated

with male homosexual behavior (46).

Although the federal government is aware of the therapeutic potential ofmarijuana, they have routinely suppressed scientific findings. For example, a

two-year study of THC was conducted on rats and mice that found THC treated

animals had significantly lower rates of many types of cancer. This report was

shelved for over two years until a copy was leaked to AIDS Treatment News,

stamped on every page NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR ATTRIBUTION (47).

Health and Human Services quickly made a version available to the public after


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being confronted with the leaked copy (29).

Another example is the 1997 NIH Workshop on the Medical Utility of

Marijuana. The transcripts from the workshop show that the panel of experts

agreed marijuana has medical value (48). It was even found that the evidence

is perfectly clear that smoking is an outstanding route of administration...& a


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very safe drug and therefore it would be perfectly safe medically to let the patient


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determine their own dose through the smoking route (ibid

The

Executive Summary that was issued to the public by NIH was far less

enthusiastic than the group of experts. It recommended further research and no

smoking (49).

This comes as little surprise. For over a century, every serious scientific

inquiry into the effects of marijuana have found it to be an incredibly safe drug

that causes little harm to society. It has routinely been found that marijuana

prohibition, causes more harm to society than marijuana use (41). The US

Government has routinely ignored science, as well as the will of The People,

who have passed medical marijuana measures. They continue to persecute all

marijuana users, including those who need its important healing properties. After

all, marijuana prohibition is founded in racism and intolerance, not science. At a

luncheon, October

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, why he

still supports persecuting medical marijuana users such as myself. I pointed out

that the report he commissioned from the Institute of Medicine recommended

allowing smoked marijuana for medical use under certain circumstances (50).

He responded to a room full of people that the report was available on his web

site and that it did not recommend smoked marijuana under any circumstances.

Then he called medical marijuana a crock.

When the Mexican American War was ended by the Treaty of Guadalupe

Hidalgo, it did not end the hostile feelings many Americans harbored towards

Mexicans. As Mexicans immigrated to the western states and took scarce jobs,

it created more tension. These immigrants also brought their cultural and

religious traditions, one of which was the use of marijuana for medical,

religious, and recreational purposes.

Within the traditions of Curanderismo, marijuana is called La Santa Rosa, or

the sacred rose. It is used as part of a religious healing ceremony and is

considered to be a piece of the heart of God

marijuana laws in 1929, the Montana Legislature, described such a ceremony as

an imaginary bullfight for the favor of Spanish Rose and went on to say itdeplores these international complications (53).

When passing early marijuana laws, numerous state legislatures described

marijuana as a drug that causes Mexicans to go insane

City Editor of The Alamosa Daily Courier of Alamosa, Colorado, which was read


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into the record of the hearings on the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act (the first federal

law regulating marijuana) by Harry J. Anslinger, Commissioner of the Federal

Bureau of Narcotics. This letter stated in part:

I wish I could show you what a small marihuana cigarette can do to

The attitudes and

intent of the people of Colorado are illustrated in a letter from Floyd K.

in Albuquerque, I had the opportunity to ask General

Barry

When passing its first


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abiding citizens.


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Prohibition serves to protect the financial interests of industries that would

have to compete with marijuana in a free market. It assures the financial

success of those responsible for waging this war on the American People. It

strips us of our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I

live in fear that a small army of masked gunmen may come bursting through my

door at 3 am and shoot me in the back while Im lying in bed, simply for being a

medical marijuana user. In view of the number of deaths by drug warrior our

society has suffered, its a very real fear for medical marijuana patients living in

the United States.

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Early marijuana laws were intended not only to oppress Mexican immigrants,

but to prevent them from the free practice of religion. Today these laws not only

prevent millions of Americans from freely practicing religion but millions more

suffer from lack of needed medication under these oppressive policies. Millions

of others have suffered the severe legal and social consequences associated

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2000

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of August, 2000 by Bryan

Alan Krumm.

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