Archive for June, 2008
Cannabis Quote 25: The United Church of Christ
“The United Church of Christ has stated, “We believe that seriously ill people should not be subject to arrest and imprisonment for using medical marijuana with their doctors’ approval.”
-2002 Coalition for Compassionate Access statement signed by the United Church of Christ
Cannabis Quote 24: USA Today
“Surely federal prosecutors and drug-control agents have better things to do than to swoop down on critically ill people who are abiding by state law and haul them off to court.”
- USA Today editorial, June 7, 2005
Cannabis Quote 23: American Public Health Association
“[M]arijuana has and extremely wide acute margin of safety for use under medical supervision and cannot cause lethal reactions… [G]reater harm is caused by the legal consequences of its prohibition than possible risks of medicinal use.”
- American Public Health Association, 1995
Cannabis Quote 22: Joycelyn Elders, M.D.
“The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting, and other symptoms caused by illnesses like multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS - or by the harsh drugs sometimes uses to treat them.”
- Joycelyn Elders, M.D.,
Former U.S. Surgeon General
Providence Journal, March 26, 2004
Cannabis Quote 21: Francis L. Young
“Marijuana,in the its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known… It would be unreasonable, arbitrary, and capricious for the DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance.”
- Francis L. Young, DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge, 1988
Cannabis Quote 20: Arthritis Research Campaign
We think people who use cannabis to relieve the pain of arthritis should be able to do so.”
- Arthritis Research Campaign, 2001
Cannabis Quote 19: National Association for Public Health Policy
“[We] recommend … allow[ing] [marijuana] prescription where medically appropriate.”
- National Association for Public Health Policy, 1998
