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| 1. | Name: | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | |||||||||
| 2. | Medical Marijuana Position: | No Stated Position to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?" | |||||||||
| 3. | Reasoning: | " No stated position." (08/02) | |||||||||
| 4. | Credibility Ranking: |
Those individuals and organizations involved in the Medical Marijuana debate which do not fit into the other star categories. |
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| 5. | Organization | ||||||||||
| A. Mission: |
"The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) mission is to improve the quality and availability of prevention, early intervention, treatment and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illness."
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| B. Description: | A division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||
| C. Structure: | U.S. government agency | ||||||||||
| D. Members / Constituents: |
Non-membership | ||||||||||
| $3.2 billion | |||||||||||
| F. Sr. Executive: | Tommy G. Thompson | ||||||||||
| G. Title: | Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services | ||||||||||
| H. Contact Info: |
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| I: # of offices: | 1 | ||||||||||
| J: Staff: | None listed | ||||||||||
| 6. | Relevant Affiliations: | None | |||||||||