I. Individuals

II. Organizations

III. Source Totals

The individuals and organizations listed below have been quoted, referenced, or are otherwise relevant to the medical marijuana debate, so we created a 1-2 page biography of each listed source. Not all people and organizations relevant to this debate are listed on our site. For individuals we provide their experience, education, contact information, position statement, and more. For organizations we provide their description, mission, affiliations, membership, budget, and more. All sources have been assigned a theoretical credibility rating ranked by stars (with five being the highest), and they are categorized as Pro (P), Neutral (N), or Con (C) to our core question: "Should marijuana be a medical option?"

I. Individuals
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- A - Name Rating Position Donald Abrams, MD P William Alsup, MPP, Hon. N Anonymous N Paul Armentano P Gavin I. Awerbuch, MD N - B - Name Rating Position Liliana Bachs, MD C Randy E. Barnett, JD P Bob Barr, JD C Andrea Barthwell, MD C Richard Beada, JD P David Bearman, MD P Sandra Bennett C William J. Bennett, PhD C Neal L. Benowitz, MD N John A. Benson, Jr., MD N Jonathan Berman N David Bernstein, MD C Joe Biden, JD (D-DE) C Mary Ellen Bittner, JD N Colin Blakemore, PhD, ScD P Alan Bock, P David Borden P Peter G. Bourne, M.A., MD P Edward Brecher P Ciaran M. Brady P David Brook, MD C Daniel Brookoff, MD, PhD C Paul Broun, MD N John Brust, MD N Alan J. Budney, PhD N Lani Burkman, PhD C George W. Bush C Al Byrne P - C - Name Rating Position Joseph A. Califano, Jr., LL.B. C Cameron, Karen, RNC, MSN N James S. Campbell, MD P Donald L. Carcieri C Drew Carey P Richard Carmona, MD, MPH C Camille B. Carroll, PhD, MRCP N William Carpenter, Jr., MD N Gregory T. Carter, MD P Jay Cavanaugh, PhD P Maria L. de Ceballos, PhD N Anthony Charuvastra, MD N Peter A. Clark, S.J., PhD P Hillary Clinton, JD (D-NY) N John Cloud N Carolyn Coffey, BsC, GradDipEpi N Peter Cohen, PhD P Christine Collin, MD N Paul F. Consroe, PhD P Valerie Corral P Lyle E. Craker, PhD N Francesco Crestani, MD P Elijah Cummings, JD (D-MD) C Chinazo Cunningham, MD P - D - Name Rating Position Robert DeLorenzo, MD, PhD, MPH C Philip Denney, MD P Daniel DeNoon N Rick Doblin, PhD P Chris Dodd, JD (D-CT) P Robert L. DuPont, MD C Barry Dworkin, MD C - E - Name Rating Position Mitch Earleywine, PhD P Dean Edell, MD P Brian R. Edlin, MD P John Edwards, JD N Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., JD P William Eidelman, MD P Joycelyn Elders, MD P Mahmoud A. ElSohly, PhD N David S. Ettinger, MD P Lisa Eubanks, PhD N - F - Name Rating Position Diane Feinstein C David M. Fergusson, PhD N Benedikt Fischer, PhD P Gordon D. Fox, JD P Patrick J. Fox, MD N Peter Friedmann, MD, MPH N Marian P. Fry, MD P - G - Name Rating Position John Gettman, PhD P Dale Gieringer, PhD P Rudy Giuliani, JD C Avram Goldstein, MD P Eric Goode, PhD P Albert Gore, Jr. P Robert Gorter, MD, PhD P Richard Gottfried, JD P Igor Grant, MD N Mike Gravel P Martin Green C Harry S. Greenberg, MD N Lester Grinspoon, MD P Donald Gross, MD C - H - Name Rating Position David Hadorn, MD, PhD P Wayne Hall, PhD N John Hamm, MD P Margaret Haney, PhD P Glen R. Hanson, D.D.S., PhD N Jack E. Henningfield, PhD N John Henry, MD N Jack Herer P Miles Herkenham, PhD N Christophe Hezode, MD C Maurice Hinchey P Burkhard Hinz, PhD N Anita I. Holdcroft, MD N John L. Horwood, PhD N Aaron Houston P Mike Huckabee C Duncan Hunter, JD (R-CA) N Asa Hutchinson, JD C - I - Name Rating Position James Inciardi, PhD N Dennis M. Israelski, MD P Leslie Iversen, PhD, F.R.S. P - J - Name Rating Position Cheryl A. Jay, MD N Claudia Jensen, MD P Eric Johnson P Reese T. Jones, MD, PhD C Janet E. Joy, PhD N - K - Name Rating Position Robert Kampia P John L. Kane, Jr., Hon. P Matthias Karst, MD, PhD N Jerome P. Kassirer, MD P David A. Katzenstein, MD P John V. Kelly (R-NJ) N Alan Keyes, PhD N Joep Killestein, MD, PhD N Robert K. Killian, MD P Mark Kleiman, PhD P Daniel Klein, PhD N Jeanne Kohl-Welles, PhD P Alex Kozinski, Hon. N Mark L. Kraus, MD C Grant Krieger P Charles Ksir, PhD N Steve Kubby P Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) P - L - Name Rating Position Janet Lapey, MD C Christopher Largen P Tom Latham (R-IA) C Paul R. Latimer, MD, PhD N Sidney N. Lederman, Hon. N Mark Leno P Neal Levine, P Sheena E.M. Lewis, B.Sc., PhD N Rush Limbaugh C Frank Lucido, MD P	- M - Name Rating Position Alison Mack N John Macleod, PhD N Robert C. Malenka, MD, PhD N Jonathan Markowitz, MD C Mary Lynn Mathre, RN P Rick Maughs P John Sidney McCain, III (R-AZ) C James A. McDermott, MD P Frank McEnulty P Cynthia McKinney P Laurence O. McKinney P James McKoy, MD C George McMahon P Jerry McNerney, PhD C Reena Mehra, MD N Henry Miller, M.Sc., MD C Tod Mikuriya, MD P Nathaniel Milton, PhD N Bruce Mirken P Jeffrey A. Miron, PhD P John Morgan, MD P Andrew Morral, PhD N Katherine Mortati, MD N Alison Murdoch, MD N Kirsten R. Muller-Vahl, MD P Elvy Musikka P - N - Name Rating Position Ethan Nadelmann, JD, PhD P Ralph Nader, LLB P Leon Nadrowski, MD C Gabriel Nahas, MD, PhD C Terry Necco N Lyn Nofziger P Pierre Claude Nolin, LL.L. N - O - Name Rating Position Barack Obama, JD (D-IL) N David R. Obey P Karen O'Keefe, Esq. P Bill O'Reilly, P John S. Oxford, MD N - P - Name Rating Position Nicholas Pace, MD C Paul F. Palmberg, MD, PhD P