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1. Name: Janet Lapey, MD  
2. Title: Executive Director of Concerned Citizens for Drug Prevention, Inc.
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 Con to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
4. Reasoning:

"Marijuana is not the safe drug portrayed by the marijuana lobby. It is addictive; it adversely affects the immune system; leads to the use of other drugs such as cocaine; is linked to cases of cancer; causes respiratory diseases, mental disorders, including psychosis, depression, panic attacks, hallucinations, paranoia, decreased cognitive performance, disconnected thought, delusions, and impaired memory."
Oct. 1, 1997, "Statement to the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary in the House of Representatives"

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:
  • Executive Director, Concerned Citizens for Drug Prevention, Inc.
  • Medical Advisor, International Drug Strategy Institute
  • President, Drug Watch International
  • Former Pathologist, New England Deaconess Hospital
  • Faculty, Georgetown University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School
    • 7. Education:
  • MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1963
  • BA, Biology, Radcliffe College, 1959
    • 8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors: None found
    9. Contact Info:
    Phone: 402-384-9212 (Drug Watch International)    Fax: 360-263-3964
    E-Mail:   None found
    Web Site: Drug Watch International
    10. Other: None found
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