By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Sun
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A University of Arizona physician has taken the first political steps in her bid to do medical marijuana research at state-run schools.
Sue Sisley, a specialist in internal medicine and psychiatry, has formed Americans for Scientific Freedom, which she will chair. The filing with the Secretary of State’s Office will allow her to collect donations for political purposes.
But Sisley told Capitol Media Services the committee is not designed to elect legislators who support research or defeat those who oppose it. Instead, she wants to lobby lawmakers to change the law to let her do her work at the UA.
Potentially more significant, she also is looking at changes to the law to let the state health department fund medical marijuana research.
Legislation approved last year was designed to close what some lawmakers saw as a loophole in the state’s 2010 medical marijuana law. That initiative allows those with a doctor’s recommendation to possess and use up to 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana every two weeks.
While the measure banned the drug on public school campuses, it was silent on the question of state-run universities and community colleges.
