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Name:
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Joe Biden
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Title: |
U.S. Senator (D-DE)
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Medical Marijuana
Position: |
Not Clearly Pro or Con
to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
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Reasoning: |
"We have not devoted nearly enough science or time to deal with the pain management and chronic pain management that exists. There's got to be a better answer than marijuana. There's got to be a better answer than that. There's got to be a better way for a humane society to figure out how to deal with that problem."
"Your Guide to the Candidates' Views on Medical Marijuana: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)," Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana website, May 12, 2007
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Credibility
Ranking: |
Experts
PhD's and JD's (lawyers) with significant post-doctoral involvement in medical marijuana issues; judges who have presided over medical marijuana cases.
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Involvement: |
- 2008 Democratic Candidate for U.S. President
- U.S. Senator (D-Delaware), 1972-present
- Chairman, Ranking Member, and Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, early 1990s-present
- Chairman, Ranking Member, and Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1981-present
- Co-Chairman, Senate NATO Observer Group
- Co-Chairman, Senate National Security Working Group
- Vice Chairman, NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- Co-Chairman, Congressional Fireman's Caucus
- Co-Chairman, Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus
- Member, Senate Democratic Steering and Coordination Committees
- Member, Congressional Air Force Caucus
- Member, National Guard Caucus
- Member, Senate Auto Caucus
- Member, Senate Biotechnology Caucus
- Member, Congressional Port Security Caucus
- Councilman, New Castle County, 1970-1972
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Education: |
- JD, Syracuse University College of Law, 1968
- BA, History & Political Science, University of Delaware, 1965
- Archmere Academy, 1961
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Relevant Affiliations/Honors: |
- Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, 1991-present
- Attorney, Private Practice, 1968-1972
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Contact Info: |
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Other: |
Select Publications:
- Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, 2007
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