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1. Name: William Carpenter, Jr., M.D.  
2. Title: Professor/Director
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 No Stated Position to the question Should smoked marijuana be a medical option now?
4. Reasoning: "No stated position." (7/02)
5. Credibility
Ranking:		  Key Experts
Physicians [We believe physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks.].

6. Involvement:
  • Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Univ. of Maryland, School of Medicine
  • Director, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Univ. or Maryland
7. Education:
  • Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
  • Wofford College
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • Member, Institute of Medicine - National Academy of Sciences
  • NIMH Intramural Research Program Board of Scientific Counselors
9. Contact Info:
Phone: (410) 402-7666 Fax: none listed
E-Mail:   wcarpent@mprc.umaryland.edu
Web Site: None
10. Other:

He has authored over 200 clinical and scientific articles, book chapters, and books.

Specialties: Phenomenology of the psychoses, Etiology, pathophysiology, and anatomy of schizophrenia, Treatment of patients with schizophrenia

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