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1. Name: Igor Grant, M.D., F.R.C.P.  
2. Title: Executive Vice Chairman, UCSD Department of Psychiatry
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 No Stated Position to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
4. Reasoning:

"If it turned out that new studies find that cannabis is helpful in treating some medical conditions, this [study] enables us to see a marginal level of safety." (6/26/03)

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:
  • 2000-Present; Director, Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research
  • 1998-Present; Executive Vice Chairman, UCSD Department of Psychiatry
  • 1999-Present; Program Project Director, NeuroAIDS: Effects of Methamphetamine
  • 1998-Present; Director, California NeuroAIDS Tissue Network
  • 1989-Present; Director, San Diego HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC)
  • 1982-Present; Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
  • 1986-Present; Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University, Department of Psychology
  • 1976-Present; Chief, Ambulatory Care for Psychiatry, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System
  • 1994-Present; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • 1995-Present; Deputy Editor, AIDS and Behavior
  • 1980-Present; Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
  • 1988-Present; Editorial Board, The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • 1989-Present; Editorial Board, Behavioural Neurology
7. Education:
  • 1966 - Medical School - University of British Columbia - M.D.
  • 1966-67 - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Internship (rotating)
  • 1967-1971 - Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania - Residency
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • 1971-Present; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  • 1974-1990; Assistant and Associate Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • 1975-Present; American Psychiatric Association (Fellow, 1985 to present)
  • 1975-Present; American Psychosomatic Society
  • 1975-Present; International Neuropsychological Society (INS); INS Governing Board, 1988 to 1995
  • 1976-Present; Association for Behavioral Science and Medical Education (ABSAME).
  • 1980-Present; Psychiatric Research Society
  • 1985-Present; Fellow, West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry
  • 1993-Present; International AIDS Society
  • 1993-Present; The Society of Behavioral Medicine
  • 1994-Present; Fellow, Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (CINP)
  • 1996-Present; National Academy of Neuropsychology
  • 1998-Present; American Neuropsychiatric Association
  • 1999-Present; International Society for NeuroVirology
  • 1999-Present; Honorary Adviser, Hong Kong Neuropsychological Association

9. Contact Info:
Phone: (858) 534-3652 Fax: (858) 534-7723
E-Mail:   igrant@ucsd.edu
Web Site: http://www.hnrc.ucsd.edu/grant/
10. Other: Has published numerious research studies.
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