"Cannabis is leading the way for a more holistic type of medical care, a general revolt against corporate rationed care and traditional pharmaceutical company approaches to medicine. Patients use marijuana to get off toxic drugs. They find fellowship in compassion clubs. They find empowerment in fighting against prohibition, standing up to police and demagogues. Our opponents can threaten our freedom, but they can't kill our spirit." 2001, www.mikuriya.com/cannabis.html

 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.].

• Former Psychiatrist, Private Practice, Berkeley, CA
• 1991-2007, Attending Psychiatrist, Eden Medical Center
• 1996-2007, Medical Coordinator, Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, Hayward Hempery, CHAMP, San Francisco Cannabis Buyers' Club
• 1996, Member, City of Oakland Medical Marijuana Working Group
• 1993-1994, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Eden Hospital, Castro Valley, CA
• 1976-1980, Member, Board of Directors, Biofeedback Society of California
• 1975-1980, Examining Psychiatrist Panel Member, Berkeley Police Department
• 1972, Consultant, National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (aka Shafer Commission)
• 1969-1992, Attending Staff Psychiatrist, Gladman Hospital, Oakland
• 1969, Consulting Psychiatrist, Alameda County Health Department Drug Abuse Project (set up nation's first methadone program policy and protocol)
• 1968-1969, Consulting Psychiatrist, Alameda County Alcoholism Clinic
• 1967, Consulting Research Psychiatrist in Charge of Marijuana Research, National Institute of Mental Health, NIMH
• 1966-1967, Director, Drug Addiction Treatment Center, New Jersey NeuroPsychiatric Institute
• 1965-1966, Psychiatric Resident, Mendocino State Hospital
• 1963-1965, Psychiatric Resident, Oregon State Hospital
• 1956-1965, Neuropsychiatric Technician, U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1st Lt.

• Training, Southern Pacific General Hospital, S.F., 1963
• M.D., Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, 1962
• B.A., Psychology, Reed College, Portland, 1956

• Member, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Member, California Society for Addiction Medicine
• Member, Medical Marijuana Task Force, State of California

• 1997, Co-Author with Ed Rosenthal and Dale Gieringer, Ph.D., Marijuana Medical Handbook: A Guide to Therapeutic Use, Quick American Publishing Company
• 1973, Editor, The Marijuana Medical Papers: 1839-1972, Medi Comp Press