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<br /> medical marijuana book. So what? 1 am a good researcher. Nobody knows more about marijuana <br /> use in Jamaica than I do, and t am prepared to speak about that and don't care what people try to do <br /> <br /> against me because of it. I felt that this last denial at NIDA was motivated by anti-pot ideology, but <br /> since that time [was funded by the National Institute of Health. <br /> Has your career suffered because you've objectively researched marijuana? Do you feel you've <br /> been persecuted because of your research? <br /> <br /> There may well be persecution, but if there is, 1 don't obsess over it. I'm a very good dean and highly <br /> regarded in the nursing and academic communities. Somebody asked me if I was worried about <br /> DARE coming after me, and I thought: Isn't that the organization that gets children to report on their <br /> parents? <br /> I am going to continue doing good research and disseminating the results. Am I worried about <br /> persecution? Well, 1 have a secure academic position and could be a nurse again if 1 had to, but some <br /> of these researchers haven't got something to fall back on so they have to please NIDA and find what <br /> they're supposed to find To a large degree, the politicization of such research has corrupted the <br /> research process. I'm never going to be a part of that. <br /> 7 <br /> <br />