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Name:
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Nicholas A. Pace M.D.
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Title: |
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, New York
University Medical Center
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Medical Marijuana
Position: |
Con
to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
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Reasoning: |
"The false impression that there is a medical need for marijuana
confuses and misleads a poorly informed compassionate public in
believing that the medical profession is withholding helpful
medication from the sick."
(4/21/06, New York Times)
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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: |
- Present - Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, New York
University Medical Center
- Present - Founder, President, and Medical Director, Pace Health Services
- Medical Consultant (and past Medical Director), New York Executive Offices of General Motors
- Past Chair, New York State Governor’s Advisory Committee on Alcoholism
- Founding Director, past Vice Chair, American Council on Drug Education
- Co-founder, past President, Alcoholism Council of Greater New York
- Life Member of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD)
- Member, The Recovery Institute
- Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and New York Academy of Medicine
- Advisor to First Lady Nancy Reagan, for the Chemical People Project, 1982-83
- Former Special Advisor to President Ford's White House Physician, 1975-1976
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Education: |
- M.D. - University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 1959
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Relevant Affiliations/Honors: |
None listed
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Contact Info: |
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Other: |
None
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