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Support for Legalizing Marijuana at Record High by Azmat Khan


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Last Friday, California's largest group of doctors announced that it supports legalization on the grounds that California's medical marijuana law has created an 'untenable situation for physicians: deciding whether to give patients a substance that is illegal under federal law.' Dr. Donald Lyman, the physician who wrote the California Medical Association's new policy told The Los Angeles Times that only after marijuana is legalized can the medical community undertake the research needed to determine whether the drug is useful for medical purposes. The association is believed to be the first large medical association to call for legalization.

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This is what they say at CannabisNews by Mike Preston on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:41:13 PM
Prohibition by Philip Pease on Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:00:49 PM
The Plant of Renown by Eugene Nunn on Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:03:07 PM
Hugh Downs by Michael Dewey on Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:30:21 PM