Why Having The Top Doctors Association Say "YES" to Medical Marijuana is a Historic Endorsement

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	Why Having The Top Doctors Association Say "YES" to Medical Marijuana is a Historic Endorsement

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0b620ec4-1219-4af8-8576-2e2b5d930674/B47FFB89-2BEE-439C-A310-A269493369D8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.chroniccorner.net/2008/February/Why-Having-The-Top-Doctors-Association-Say-YES-to-Medical-Marijuana-is-a-Historic-Endorsement.htm" href="http://www.chroniccorner.net/2008/February/Why-Having-The-Top-Doctors-Association-Say-YES-to-Medical-Marijuana-is-a-Historic-Endorsement.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.chroniccorner.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chroniccorner.net/2008/February/Why-Having-The-Top-Doctors-Association-Say-YES-to-Medical-Marijuana-is-a-Historic-Endorsement.htm"><TR><TD align="left"><A href="http://www.chroniccorner.net/2008/February/Why-Having-The-Top-Doctors-Association-Say-YES-to-Medical-Marijuana-is-a-Historic-Endorsement.htm" class="PostTitleLink"><H2>Why Having The Top Doctors Association Say "YES" to Medical Marijuana is a Historic Endorsement</H2></A></TD></TR><TR><TD align="left" class="post-date"></TD></TR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chroniccorner.net/2008/February/Why-Having-The-Top-Doctors-Association-Say-YES-to-Medical-Marijuana-is-a-Historic-Endorsement.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="left" class="post-date">2/20/2008 9:28:30 PM</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chroniccorner.net/2008/February/Why-Having-The-Top-Doctors-Association-Say-YES-to-Medical-Marijuana-is-a-Historic-Endorsement.htm"><DIV>The American College Of Physicians is the second biggest doctor's organization in America, consisting of 124,000 physicians.  Yesterday the college issued a statement pointing to strong evidence that marijuana is useful in treating AIDS wasting syndrome, glaucoma, and easing side effects from cancer.
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Here is a summary of their main argument:
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"Position 1: ACP supports programs and funding for rigorous scientific evaluation of the potential therapeutic benefits of medical marijuana and the publication of such findings.
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Position 2: ACP encourages the use of non-smoked forms of THC that have proven therapeutic value.
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Position 3: ACP supports the current process for obtaining federal research-grade cannabis.
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Position 4: ACP urges review of marijuana's status as a schedule I controlled substance and its reclassification</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chroniccorner.net/2008/February/Why-Having-The-Top-Doctors-Association-Say-YES-to-Medical-Marijuana-is-a-Historic-Endorsement.htm">
Position 5: ACP strongly supports exemption from federal criminal </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B47FFB89-2BEE-439C-A310-A269493369D8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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