Medical marijuana held hostage

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I am wondering if anyone is interested in increasing medical marijuana (mm) availability and r&d re: mm's antitumor properties, esp. in getting human trials.

Before I started chemo, I was seeking alternatives and discovered that cannabinoids have shown antitumor and antimetastasis properties in animal studies. The mm cannabinoid, cannabidiol (CBD), has been found especially effective for certain types of cancer such as mine, and the fed gov. patented CBD in 2002. To date, however, there are no human trials for cannabinoids and cancer in the US---- Italy, Spain and Israel are doing most of the research. Here are just a few of the many links on the web re: cancer and cannabinoids:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page4

http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/07/25/cannabis-cannabinoids-and-cancer-the-evidence-so-far/#can-treat

http://www.medicalmarijuanainc.com/index.php/cancer

I wrote to my Dem senators about this issue and so far, only one has responded. Sen. Blumenthal told me he could do nothing because 1) marijuana is a schedule 1 drug; 2) mm is a state issue. That response looks like a cop out to me, and I wrote him back to that effect. I have also written the FDA, NIH and state agencies about the mm issue, to no avail. I think more people are needed to create a critical mass so that human trials get underway and laws get changed.

It would be good to put some pressure on our officials, fed and state, to get the human trials