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Name:
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Donald Gross, MD
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Title: |
Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Alberta
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Medical Marijuana
Position: |
Con
to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
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Reasoning: |
"There's not been a randomized, controlled trial demonstrating that marijuana or any cannabinoid is any more effective in controlled seizures than a placebo. It's terribly complicated from a physician's standpoint, and somewhat frustrating. We have a product that has been legitimized without any evidence of efficacy."
"Medicinal Marijuana on Trial," New York Times, Mar. 29, 2005 |
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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.]
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Involvement: |
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Alberta
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, Comprehensive Adult Epilepsy Program, University of Alberta
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Education: |
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Canada)
MD, school unknown
BSc, University of Saskatchewan
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Relevant Affiliations/Honors: |
None found
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Contact Info: |
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Other: |
Select Publications:
Cowritten with J Hamm, NL Ashworth, and D Quigley, "Marijuana Use in Epilepsy: Prevalence in Patients of a Tertiary Care Epilepsy Centre," Neurology, 2004
Cowritten with I. Merlet, W. Boling, and J. Gotman, "Relationships Between the Epileptic Focus and Hand Area in Central Epilepsy: Combining Dipole Models and Anatomical Landmarks," Journal of Neurosurgery, 2000
Cowritten with J. Gotman, "Correlation of High Frequency Oscillations with the Sleep-Wake Cycle and Cognitive Activity in Humans," Neuroscience, 1999
Cowritten with J. Gotman, L.F. Quesney, F. Dubeau, and A. Olivier, "Intracranial EEG with Very Low Frequency Activity Fails to Demonstrate an Advantage Over Conventional Recordings," Epilepsia, 1999
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