"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

"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

"[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

"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

"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

We think people who use cannabis to relieve the pain of arthritis should be able to do so."
- Arthritis Research Campaign, 2001

"[We] recommend ... allow[ing] [marijuana] prescription where medically appropriate."
- National Association for Public Health Policy, 1998

"[T]here is sufficient evidence for us to support any physician-patient relationship that believes the use of marijuana will be beneficial to the patient."
- Rhode Island Medical Society, 2004

"[The AAFP accepts the use of medical marijuana] under medical supervision and control for specific medical indications ..."
- America Academy of Family Physicians, 1995

The United Methodist Church's Board of Church and Society has said, "[S]eriously ill people should not be subject to sanctions for using marijuana if the patient's physician has told the patient that such use is likely to be beneficial."
- Position statement adapted at the United Methodist Church's 2004 General Confrence