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Name:
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Paul F. Consroe, Ph.D. |
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Title: |
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona
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Medical Marijuana
Position: |
Pro
to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
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Reasoning: |
..."[w]ith smoked marijuana, patients get immediate relief, whereas with the oral drug they get a delayed, big rush of unpleasantness. When they take a smaller dose, it doesn't work."
("Medical Marihuana [sic] - Fact from Fiction, a Scientific Manna?" cited from The Harvard Law School website) |
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Credibility
Ranking: |
Experts
PhD's and JD's (lawyers) with significant post-doctoral involvement in medical marijuana issues; judges who have presided over medical marijuana cases
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Involvement: |
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona
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Education: |
- Ph.D. in Pharmacology, University of Tennessee, 1971
- M.S., University of Tennessee, 1969
- B.S., Albany College of Pharmacy, Union University, 1966
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Relevant Affiliations/Honors: |
- Associate, Center for Toxicology, University of Arizona
- Basic Science Pharmacy Educator of the Year award recipient from the University of Arizona for the following years: 1984-85, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1994-95 and 1998-1999
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Contact Info: |
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Other: |
Select Publications:
- "Brain Cannabinoid Systems as Targets for the Therapy of Neurological Disorders,"
Neurobiology of Disease 1998, 5(6 Pt B): 534-51
- Co-author, "AM630 is an Inverse Agonist at the Human Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor,"
Life Sciences 1998, 62(9): 109-13
- Co-author, "The Perceived Effects of Smoked Cannabis on Patients with Multiple Sclerosis,"
European Neurology 1997, 38(1): 44-8
- Co-author, "Therapeutic Potential of Cannabinoids in Neurological Disorders," in Cannabinoids as Therapeutic Agents, ed. R. Mechoulam, Boca Raton: CRC Press (1986), 21-50
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