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1. Name: Peter D. Friedmann, M.D., M.P.H. 
2. Title: Associate Professor of Medicine and Community Health,
Brown University School of Medicine
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 No Stated Position  to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option now?"
4. Reasoning:

None Listed.

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:
  • Co-author of "Physician Attitudes Regarding the Prescription of Medical Marijuana" (Journal of Addictive Diseases , September 16, 2005)
  • Associate Professor of Medicine and Community Health, Brown University School of Medicine
  • Faculty member of the Substance Abuse Research Unit at Rhode Island Hospital
  • Member of the training faculty at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
7. Education:
  • M.D., Boston University
  • M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health
  • B.A., Boston University
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • Best Workshop Award for "Primecare: Promote Recovery in Medical Care," 25th Annual National Meeting of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, 2002

  • National Mentor, CSAT/SAMHSA Interdisciplinary Program to Improve Health Professional Education in Substance Abuse

  • Guest Associate Editor, Journal of General Internal Medicine , Special Issue- "Substance Abuse: Innovations in Primary Care," 2002
9. Contact Info:
Phone : (401) 444-3347 Fax: None Listed
E-Mail: Peter_Friedmann@brown.edu 
Web Site: http://bms.brown.edu/saru/p_friedmann.htm

10. Other: Research interests include: "Organization of Care for Addictive Problems, Role of Primary Care Physicians in Substance Abuse, Correctional Substance Abuse Treatment, Process and Outcome in Substance Abuse Treatment"
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