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1. Name: Anthony Charuvastra, M.D.
2. Title: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident, NYU Child Study Center
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 No Position Found to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
4. Reasoning:

No Position Found

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:
  • Present, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident, NYU Child Study Center
  • Former Psychiatrist, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
7. Education:
  • M.D., Brown University
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • Member, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Member, American Psychoanalytic Association
  • Fellowship, the American Psychosomatic Society
  • Fellowship, the American Psychoanalytic Association
  • Fellowship, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Fellowship, the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
9. Contact Info:
Phone: (917) 591-8129 Fax: None found
E-Mail: None found
Web Site: About Our Kids Profile
10. Other: Co-author of "Physician Attitudes Regarding the Prescription of Medical Marijuana" Journal of Addictive Diseases, September 16, 2005
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