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1. Name: Brian R. Edlin, M.D.  
2. Title: Director, Urban Health Study, U.C. San Francisco
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 Pro to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
4. Reasoning:

"Signed the March 6, 2002 Coalition For Compassionate Access letter to President George Bush asking him to "allow people with AIDS, cancer, and other serious illnesses to use medical marijuana if they have the approval of their physician," which was placed in a full-page ad in the New York Times on March 6, 2002." (3/6/02)

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: Coalition for Compassionate Access
7. Education:
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • Director, Urban Health Study, U.C. San Francisco
9. Contact Info:
Phone: (415) 476-3400 Fax: None listed
E-Mail:  bredlin@itsa.ucsf.edu
Web Site: None listed
10. Other: Specialty: Internal Medicine
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