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<blockquote data-quote="RickN" data-source="post: 2378976" data-attributes="member: 8854"><p>Think I will just park this here. </p><p></p><p><strong>AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OPPOSES MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION; SUPPORTS HEALTH-FIRST APPROACH TO MARIJUANA USE</strong></p><p></p><p>NATIONAL HARBOR, MD-The delegates at the 2013 Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, in National Harbor, Maryland, today voted to pass a resolution on marijuana, “Council of Science & Public Health Report 2 in Reference Committee K,” explicitly opposing marijuana legalization &#8211; fending off a challenge to “neutralize” their position. The report changes H-95.998 AMA Policy Statement on Cannabis to read in part that: “Our AMA believes that (1) cannabis is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern; (2) sale of cannabis should not be legalized.”</p><p></p><p><strong>“The AMA today reiterated the widely held scientific view that marijuana is dangerous and should not be legalized,” </strong>commented Dr. Stuart Gitlow, Chair-Elect of the AMA Council on Science and Health and SAM Board Member. “We can only hope that the public will listen to science &#8211; not ‘Big Marijuana’ interests who stand to gain millions of dollars from increased addiction rates.”</p><p></p><p>Additionally, the report called for several provisions consistent with Project SAM’s marijuana pillars, including efforts to “discourage cannabis use, especially by persons vulnerable to the drug’s effects and in high-risk situations&#8230;support the determination of the consequences of long-term cannabis use through concentrated research, especially among youth and adolescents&#8230; support the modification of state and federal laws to emphasize public health based strategies to address and reduce cannabis use.”</p><p></p><p><a href="http://learnaboutsam.com/american-medical-association-opposes-marijuana-legalization-supports-health-first-approach-to-marijuana-use/" target="_blank">http://learnaboutsam.com/american-medical-association-opposes-marijuana-legalization-supports-health-first-approach-to-marijuana-use/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RickN, post: 2378976, member: 8854"] Think I will just park this here. [B]AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OPPOSES MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION; SUPPORTS HEALTH-FIRST APPROACH TO MARIJUANA USE[/B] NATIONAL HARBOR, MD-The delegates at the 2013 Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, in National Harbor, Maryland, today voted to pass a resolution on marijuana, “Council of Science & Public Health Report 2 in Reference Committee K,” explicitly opposing marijuana legalization – fending off a challenge to “neutralize” their position. The report changes H-95.998 AMA Policy Statement on Cannabis to read in part that: “Our AMA believes that (1) cannabis is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern; (2) sale of cannabis should not be legalized.” [B]“The AMA today reiterated the widely held scientific view that marijuana is dangerous and should not be legalized,” [/B]commented Dr. Stuart Gitlow, Chair-Elect of the AMA Council on Science and Health and SAM Board Member. “We can only hope that the public will listen to science – not ‘Big Marijuana’ interests who stand to gain millions of dollars from increased addiction rates.” Additionally, the report called for several provisions consistent with Project SAM’s marijuana pillars, including efforts to “discourage cannabis use, especially by persons vulnerable to the drug’s effects and in high-risk situations…support the determination of the consequences of long-term cannabis use through concentrated research, especially among youth and adolescents… support the modification of state and federal laws to emphasize public health based strategies to address and reduce cannabis use.” [url]http://learnaboutsam.com/american-medical-association-opposes-marijuana-legalization-supports-health-first-approach-to-marijuana-use/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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