Medical, Scientific, Religious

and Professional Support

for Medical Marijuana

Numerous medical, scientific, religious and professional organizations support access to In 1999, the
medical marijuana including: Congressionally chartered
• American Academy of Family • National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine
Physicians Institute of Medicine
released a report on
• American Bar Association • National Association for Public Health
Policy medical marijuana. After
• American Medical Students
Association • National Association of People two years of reviewing the
with AIDS scientific data available
• American Nurses Association
• National Nurses Society on Addiction
• American Preventive Medical “the study team found
Association • New England Journal of Medicine
substantial consensus
• American Public Health • New Jersey Academy of Family
Association Physicians among experts in the
• American Society of Addiction • New Jersey State Nurses Association relevant disciplines on the
Medicine • New Jersey Hospice and Palliative scientific evidence about
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Care Organization
potential medical uses of
• California Nurses Association • New Mexico Nurses Association
• New York State Nurses Association marijuana.”
• Connecticut Nurses Association
• Presbyterian Church (USA) — Marijuana and Medicine,
• Colorado Nurses Association
Institute of Medicine, 1999
• Episcopal Church • Progressive National Baptist Convention
• Federation of American Scientists • Union for Reform Judaism
• Unitarian Universalist Association A 1991 survey of doctors
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• United Church of Christ specializing in cancer
• Lymphoma Foundation of America
• Medical Society of the State of • United Methodist Board of Church and treatment, published in
New York Society the Journal of Clinical
• Montel Williams Multiple Sclerosis • United Methodist Church
Oncology, found that of
Foundation • Virginia Nurses Association
• Multiple Sclerosis California Action those with an opinion,
Network 54% of the doctors
In February 2007, a major study in the journal Neurology concluded that AIDS patients supported access to
suffering from a painful nerve condition in their hands or feet received as much or more medical marijuana and
relief from smoking marijuana as they would typically get from prescription drugs, though 44% had suggested the
with fewer side effects.
use of medical marijuana
In 1999, the Congressionally chartered Institute of Medicine released a report on medical to at least one patient.
marijuana. After two years of reviewing the scientific data available “the study team found
substantial consensus among experts in the relevant disciplines on the scientific evidence — Doblin, Richard and Kleiman,
Mark A. R, "Marijuana as
about potential medical uses of marijuana.” The study team concluded that, “nausea,
Antiemetic Medicine: A Survey
appetite loss, pain and anxiety…all can be mitigated by marijuana.” of Oncologists' Experiences
A 1991 survey of doctors specializing in cancer treatment, published in the Journal of and Attitudes." Journal of
Clinical Oncology, found that of those with an opinion, 54% of the doctors supported access Clinical Oncology, 1991
to medical marijuana and 44% had suggested the use of medical marijuana to at least
one patient.

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