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. , _ who larrgely have the practices at one
to threes four, five private hospitals in
this city_ the open smoking of marijuana at
the University, which was tolerated_ the use
o_ marijuana in virtually every hospital_ I'm
on the staff of a half a dozen hospitals in
this city. I think that is a community
standard where marijuana is accepted by_
people who are treating these patients° _-_s
and further added to that group:
My peers_ The people that I share call with,
-::the people I go to conferences with, not just
in San Francisco, but in Los Angeles and San
Diego, and in New York and evez_fwhere I go
[have accepted marij_8_9"s medical utility in
controlling emesis3. _I
Janet Andrews testified that at. the Childrents Hospital
in San Diego:
The physicians_ nurses and the social workers
expressed no objections to Josh_s using
marijuana. JoshSs Oncologist told us he
would check into the possibility of getting
it legally for Josh to use _ . o The
pharmacoloqist_ Josh_s doctors and many
other hospital staff members_ strongly
supported what we were doings regardless of
the law. I knew that many of these people
would not hesitate to obtain marijuana for
their own children if they _ confronted
with similar circumstances.
(2) _ LUUm
....... Dry Jobe, former chairman of the Louisiana Marijuana
Prescription Review Boards testified that:
[M_arijuana . . o does have, in my views a
potential for specific patients for being
3_/ Cross_examination of Dr. Ivan Silverberg_ Tr. 3-i15 (with
reference to 3_i13 & 3-114)o
307/ Redirect of Dr. Ivan Siiverberg_ Tr. 3-153o
__q_/ Affidavit of Janet Andrews, _ 68 _ 82.
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