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1. Name: Virginia Tech Center for Survey Research
2. Medical Marijuana Position: Neutral to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
3. Reasoning:

"As a publicly-funded academic institution with diverse constituencies, we do not take formal organizational positions on contemporary topics of public debate.

The Survey Center does monitor public opinion of Virginia citizens on the subject of support or opposition to legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes, but we use only one question on this topic in our annual survey on various issues affecting Virginians (in 2002, more than 7 in 10 Virginians agreed with legalizing it for medical use). This question has been asked in our annual spring survey each year since 1997." (2/14/03)

4. Credibility Ranking:  Those individuals and organizations involved in the Medical Marijuana debate which do not fit into the other star categories.
5. Organization  
  A. Mission: None listed
  B. Description:

"The Center for Survey Research (CSR) at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was established to respond to the growing needs of the campus, community, state and nation for the professional, accurate, and timely collection and analysis of social and demographic data."
  C. Structure: Educational facility
  D. Members /
    Constituents:		 Students/faculty
  E. Annual Budget: None listed
  F. Sr. Executive: Alan Bayer, Ph.D.
  G. Title: Director
  H. Contact Info:
Phone: (540) 231-3676   Fax: (540) 231-3678
E-Mail:  vtcsr@vt.edu
Web Site: www.vt.edu
  I: # of offices: 1
  J: Staff: 70
6. Relevant Affiliations:
  • Virginia Tech Center for Survey Research
  • Member of American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
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