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support #effort, s to make marijuana available on a prescription
basis to patients unde_oing anti-cancer treatment or suffering
fromglaucomao W_-!_/ Upon the public announcement of the
mentioned Resolution on June 28, 1985_ several attorneys general
expressed their opinion in support of _e Resolution and
reclassification of marijuana 7_/ Other legal organizations
that have accepted marijuana's medical _Lsage for treatment of
emesis and supposed its reciassification are the _erican Bar
_$SOc_ation (_ABAn) g the erica 'v °
_ Union (mACLU_)
and the _ational Associat_i_O_l_9__C_im__ Defense _ers
(#NACDLH). 7_/
7o Courts Have Acknowledged Marijuana_s Medical
t_tvas_D__ _ st'
Marijuanats medical utility as an antiemetic was
recognized by the Superior Court of the iStats of Cal%fornia in
and for the County of Imperial. On January 23, 1978, the
mentioned Court authorized a cancer pati_nt at the Green Hospital
of Scripps Clinics LaJolla, California_ _o possess and use
marijuana for emesis treatment under the supervision of a
physician. _-_/ To this effects the Cou_i: ordered and authorized
37__/ Affidavit of Robert T. Stephan, _ 17 and Exhibits 1 and 2
attached thereto.
____/ _e opinions of Mike _reely_ NAAG President and Attorney
General of Montana and Mr. Leroy Zimmerman, Chairman of the
Criminal Law and Law Enforcement Committee and Attorney General
of Pennsylvania_ in Affidavit of Robert To Stephan, _ 19 and
Exhibit 2 attached thereto.
-376/ /__. at _ 20°
7_/ Affidavit of Robert Randall_ Exhibit Fo
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