Source Biographies

"Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
Summary of Positions

	Pro	Not Clearly Pro or Con (NC)	Con	None Found (?)
I. Individual	188 (39.1%)	103 (21.4%)	87 (18.1%)	103 (21.4%)
II. Organization	118 (31.6%)	37 (9.9%)	36 (9.7%)	182 (48.8%)

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I. Individual

# 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

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- A -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Abel, Ernest L., PhD		NC
Abrams, Donald, MD		Pro
Abrams, Stephen, PhD		NC
Akins, Scott, PhD		Pro
Allebeck, Peter, MD		?
Alsup, William, JD		?
Anderson, D. Mark, PhD		NC
Anglin, Deidre M., PhD		NC
Arendt, Mikkel, MSCPsych, PhD		NC
Armentano, Paul		Pro
Astley, Susan J., PhD		?
Awerbuch, Gavin I., MD		NC

- B -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Bachs, Liliana, MD		Con
Baker, Matt		Con
Baldwin, Chuck, MA		Pro
Bar-Sela, Gil, MD		Pro
Barnett, Randy E., JD		Pro
Barr, Bob, JD		Pro
Barthwell, Andrea, MD		Con
Beada, Richard, JD		Pro
Bearman, David L., MD		Pro
Beasley, Richard, MBChB, DM, FRACP, DSc		Con
Bennett, Chris		Pro
Bennett, Sandra		Con
Bennett, William J., PhD		Con
Benowitz, Neal L., MD		NC
Benson, John A., Jr., MD		Pro
Berenson, Alex		Con
Berlin, Cheston, Jr., MD		?
Berman, Jonathan S., MA		?
Berman, Russell		?
Bernstein, David, MD		Con
Biden, Joe, JD		NC
Bittner, Mary Ellen, JD		?
Blakemore, Colin, PhD, ScD		Pro
Bloomberg, Michael, MBA		Con
Bock, Alan		Pro
Boire, Richard Glen, JD		Pro
Bonner, Robert C., JD		Con
Booth, Martin		Pro
Borden, David		Pro
Bourne, Peter G., MD, MA		Pro
Bovasso, Gregory, PhD		NC
Boyd, J. Wesley, MD, PhD		Pro
Bradford, Ashley C.		Pro
Bradford, W. David, PhD		Pro
Brady, Ciaran M.		Pro
Braga, Raphael J., MD		NC
Brecher, Edward M.		Pro
Brook, David W., MD		Con
Brookoff, Daniel, MD, PhD		Con
Broun, Paul, MD		NC
Brown, David J., MS		Pro
Brown, Jerry, Jr., JD		Pro
Brownback, Sam, JD		?
Brust, John C. M.		NC
Buckner, Bruce		Pro
Budney, Alan J., PhD		NC
Bunt, Gregory, MD		Con
Burkman, Lani, PhD		?
Bush, George W., MBA		Con
Byrne, Al		Pro

- C -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., LLB		Con
Cameron, Karen, RNC, MSN		?
Campbell, Fiona, MD		NC
Campbell, James Stewart, MD		Pro
Carcieri, Donald L.		Con
Carey, Drew		Pro
Carmona, Richard, MD		Con
Carpenter, William, Jr., MD		?
Carroll, Camille B., PhD		NC
Carter, Gregory T., MD		Pro
Cavanaugh, Jay, PhD		Pro
Charuvastra, Anthony, MD		?
Chelminski, Paul, MD, MPH		Con
Cherney, Max, MFA		?
Clark, Peter A., PhD		Pro
Clauw, Daniel, MD		NC
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, JD		NC
Cloud, John		NC
Coffey, Carolyn		?
Cohen, Peter, PhD		Pro
Collin, Christine, MD		?
Compton, Wilson M., MD		?
Consroe, Paul F., PhD		Pro
Conway, Isabel		?
Cooper, Michael		?
Corral, Valerie		Pro
Craig, Tim		?
Craker, Lyle E., PhD		NC
Crestani, Francesco, MD		Pro
Cummings, Elijah E., JD		Con
Cunha, Jomar M., MD		?
Cunningham, Chinazo, MD		Pro

- D -

Individuals	Rating	Position
D'Ambrosio, Frank, MD		Pro
D'Souza, Deepak Cyril, MBBS, MD		NC
Daling, Janet R., PhD		NC
Daly, Jo		Pro
Dang, Jeff, PhD		?
de Ceballos, Maria L., PhD		NC
de Hert, Marc, PhD, MD		NC
de Wit, Harriet, PhD		Con
Degenhardt, Louisa, PhD		Pro
Deitch, Robert		Pro
Dekker, Gustaaf Albert, MD, PhD		NC
DeLisi, Lynn E., MD		?
DeLorenzo, Robert, MD, PhD, MPH		Con
Denison, Doug		?
Denney, Philip, MD		Pro
DeNoon, Daniel J.		?
Denson, Thomas F., PhD		Pro
Devinsky, Orrin, MD		Con
di Forti, Marta, MD, MRCPsych		NC
Doblin, Rick, PhD		Pro
Dodd, Chris, JD		Pro
Douglass, Barbara		Pro
Dubinsky, Marla, MD		Con
DuPont, Robert L., MD		Con
Dworkin, Barry, MD		Con
Dyer, Jerry, MS		Con

- E -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Earlenbaugh, Emily, PhD		Pro
Earleywine, Mitch, PhD		Pro
Eddy, Mark		NC
Edell, Dean, MD		Pro
Edlin, Brian R., MD		Pro
Edwards, John, JD		NC
Egelko, Bob, JD		?
Ehrenfeld, Rachel, PhD		Con
Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr., JD		Pro
Eidelman, William, MD		Pro
Elders, Joycelyn, MD		Pro
Ellis, Ronald J., MD, PhD		NC
ElSohly, Mahmoud A., PhD		NC
Engelking, Carl		NC
Ettinger, David S., MD		Pro
Eubanks, Lisa, PhD		?
Evans, David G., JD		Con

- F -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Feeney, Kevin, JD		Pro
Feinstein, Anthony, PhD, MD		NC
Feinstein, Diane		Con
Feldman, Harvey W., PhD		Pro
Fergusson, David M., PhD		NC
Figi, Paige		Pro
Finn, Kenneth, MD		NC
Fischer, Benedikt, PhD		Pro
Fong, Timothy, MD		NC
Fox, Gordon D., JD		Pro
Fox, Patrick J., MD		NC
Friedman, Daniel, MD		Con
Friedmann, Peter D., MD, MPH		NC
Frisher, Martin, PhD		NC
Frist, Bill, MD		Con
Fry, Mollie, MD		Pro

- G -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Gallily, Ruth, PhD		?
Garbely, Joseph, DO		Pro
Gavura, Scott, MBA		Con
Geller, Thomas, MD		?
Gettman, Jon, PhD		Pro
Gieringer, Dale, PhD		Pro
Gitlow, Stuart, MD, MPH, MBA		Con
Giuliani, Rudy, JD		Con
Glaspy, John, MD, MPH		Con
Goldstein, Avram, MD		Pro
Goode, Eric, PhD		Pro
Gore, Al		Pro
Gorter, Robert, MD, PhD		Pro
Gottried, Richard N., JD		Pro
Grant, Igor, MD		Pro
Gravel, Mike		Pro
Green, Jonathon		Pro
Green, Martin		Con
Greenberg, Harry S., MD		NC
Griffin, Blake		Pro
Grinspoon, Lester, MD		Pro
Gross, Donald, MD		Con
Gupta, Sanjay, MD		Now Pro

- H -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Haag, Mary, RN		Con
Hadorn, David, MD, PhD		Pro
Hall, Wayne, PhD		Pro
Hall-Flavin, Daniel K., MD		NC
Hamburg, Margaret, MD		?
Hamm, John, MD		Pro
Haney, Margaret, PhD		Pro
Hanson, Glen R., DDS, PhD		?
Hanuš, Lumír Ondrej, Doctor of Sciences, CSc, RNDr		Pro
Heishman, Stephen J., PhD		?
Henningfield, Jack E., PhD		?
Henquet, Cécile, PhD		?
Henry, John, MD		NC
Herer, Jack		Pro
Hergenrather, Jeffrey, MD		Pro
Herkenham, Miles, PhD		NC
Hezode, Christophe, MD		Con
Hinchey, Maurice		Pro
Hinz, Burkhard, PhD		NC
Holdcroft, Anita I., MD		NC
Holder, Eric H., Jr., JD		NC
Holland, Julie, MD		Pro
Horwood, John L., PhD		NC
Houston, Aaron		Pro
Huckabee, Mike		Con
Humphreys, Keith, PhD		Con
Hunter, Duncan, JD		NC
Hutchinson, Asa, JD		Con

- I -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Imperato, Daniel		Pro
Inciardi, James A., PhD		?
Isikoff, Michael, MA		?
Israelski, Dennis M., MD		Pro
Iuvone, Teresa, PhD		?
Iversen, Leslie, PhD		Pro

- J -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Jay, Cheryl A., MD		?
Jensen, Claudia, MD		Pro
Johns, Andrew, MB		NC
Johnson, Alex		?
Johnson, Eric		Pro
Johnson, Jeremy R., MBChB		NC
Jones, Reese T., MD, PhD		Con
Joy, Janet, PhD		NC

- K -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Kalant, Harold, MD, PhD		NC
Kampia, Robert		Pro
Kane, John L., Jr., JD		Pro
Kari, Shannon		?
Karst, Matthias, MD, PhD		?
Kassirer, Jerome P., MD		Pro
Katzenstein, David A., MD		Pro
Kelly, John V.		?
Kerlikowske, Gil, MA		Con
Keyes, Alan, PhD		?
Killestein, Joep, MD, PhD		NC
Killian, Robert K., MD		Pro
Kim, Victoria		?
Kleiman, Mark A.R., PhD		Pro
Klein, Daniel B., PhD		?
Klonoff-Cohen, Hillary, PhD		NC
Kocieniewski, David, MS		?
Kohl-Welles, Jeanne, PhD		Pro
Kondrad, Elin, MD		NC
Kozinski, Alex, JD		?
Kraft, Birgit, MD		NC
Kraus, Mark L., MD		Con
Krieger, Grant		Pro
Krusz, John Claude, MD, PhD		?
Ksir, Charles, PhD		?
Kubby, Steve		Pro
Kucinich, Dennis		Pro
Kumar, Suresh, MD		NC

- L -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Lahat, Adi, MD		Pro
Lakhan, Shaheen E., MD, PhD, MEd		?
Lal, Simon, PhD, MD		?
Lapey, Janet, MD		Con
Large, Matthew, MBBS		Con
Largen, Christopher		Pro
Latham, Tom		Con
Latimer, Paul R., MD, PhD		?
Lawrie, Stephen M., MD, MPhil, MBChB		NC
Lederman, Sidney N., JD		?
Lee, Michelle Ye Hee		?
Leeson, Verity C., MD, PhD		NC
Leno, Mark		Pro
Levine, Neal		Pro
Levy, Sharon, MD, MPH		Con
Lewis, Sheena E.M., PhD		?
Limbaugh, Rush		Con
Linszen, Don H., MD, PhD		NC
Little, Ruth E., ScD		?
Lockyer, Bill, JD		?
Loudat, John		Con
Lucido, Frank, MD		Pro

- M -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Macias, Chanda, MBA, PhD		Pro
Mack, Alison		?
Macleod, John, PhD		?
Madras, Bertha, PhD		Con
Malenka, Robert C., MD, PhD		?
Mandel, Jerry S., PhD		Pro
Manniche, Lise, PhD		?
Markowitz, Jonathan, MD		Con
Mathre, Mary Lynn, MSN, RN		Pro
Maughs, Rick		Pro
McCain, John		Con
McDermott, James A., MD		Pro
McEnulty, Frank, MBA		Pro
McGrath, John, MBBS, MD, PhD		NC
McIntosh, Andrew M., MSc, MD, MPhil, MBChB		NC
McKinney, Cynthia, MA		?
McKinney, Laurence O., MBA		Pro
McKoy, James, MD		Con
McMahon, George		Pro
McNerney, Jerry, PhD		Now Pro
Mechoulam, Raphael, PhD		Pro
Mehra, Reena, MD		?
Mikuriya, Tod, MD		Pro
Miller, Henry, MD		Con
Miller, Norman S., MD, JD		Con
Milton, Nathaniel, PhD		NC
Minozzi, Silvia, MD, MS		?
Mirken, Bruce		Pro
Miron, Jeffrey A., PhD		Pro
Mitchell, Ed, MD		?
Moffitt, Terrie E., PhD		?
Moore, Theresa H. M., MSc		?
Morgan, John P., MD		Pro
Morral, Andrew, PhD		?
Mortati, Katherine, MD		NC
Mosher, Clayton James, PhD		NC
Murdoch, Alison, MD		?
Murphy, Kevin		?
Musikka, Elvy		Pro
Müller-Vahl, Kirsten R., MD		Pro

- N -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Nadelmann, Ethan, JD, PhD		Pro
Nader, Ralph, LLB		Pro
Nadrowski, Leon, MD		Con
Naftali, Timna, MD		NC
Nahas, Gabriel, MD, PhD		Con
Necco, Terry		?
Nelson, Harry, JD		Pro
Nixon, Richard, LLB		Con
Nofziger, Lyn		Pro
Nolin, Pierre Claude, LLL		?
Novotna, Alena, MD		?

- O -

Individuals	Rating	Position
O'Grady, Mary Anastasia, MBA		NC
O'Keefe, Karen, JD		Pro
O'Reilly, Bill, MA		Pro
Obama, Barack, JD		Pro
Obey, David R.		Pro
Oliveros, Pedro, MD		Pro
Olsen, Carl		Pro
Orvald, Thomas, MD		Pro
Oxford, John S.		?

- P -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Pace, Nicholas A., MD		Con
Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo, PhD		NC
Palmberg, Paul F., MD, PhD		Pro
Parker, Linda, PhD		?
Patierno, Steven, PhD		Pro
Paul, Rand, MD		Pro
Paul, Ron, MD		Pro
Paulus, Ronald, MD, MBA		NC
Pazdur, Richard, MD		NC
Pelosi, Nancy		Pro
Perrine, Daniel M., PhD		?
Petro, Denis, MD		Pro
Pfennig, Dennis Joseph, PhD		Pro
Phillips, Helen		?
Pierre, Joseph M., MD		NC
Piomelli, Daniele, PhD		Pro
Pletcher, Mark J., MD, MPH		NC
Podolak, Jessie, DPT		Con
Porath-Waller, Amy J., PhD		NC
Porter, Brenda, MD, PhD		Pro
Provet, Peter, PhD		Con

- Q -

- R -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Radecki, Thomas Edward, MD, JD		Con
Randall, Robert C.		Pro
Ranganathan, Mohini, MBBS		NC
Ray, Oakley, PhD		?
Rees, Daniel I., PhD		NC
Reid, Harry, JD		Now Pro
Reid, Jr., Alfred O., MA		NC
Reiman, Amanda, PhD		Pro
Reimer, Jens, MD		Pro
Reinarman, Craig, PhD		NC
Rennie, John		Pro
Rey, Joseph M., MBBS, PhD		?
Richardson, Bill		Pro
Rick, Lynn Taylor		?
Ridder, Elizabeth M.		NC
Rimland, Bernard, PhD		Pro
Roffman, Roger A., DSW		Pro
Rog, David J.		NC
Rohrabacher, Dana		Pro
Romney, Mitt, JD		Con
Roques, Wayne		Con
Rosenberg, Chuck, JD		Con
Rosenfeld, Irvin		Pro
Roser, Patrik, PhD, MD		Con
Roth, Michael D., MD		Con
Rubin, Saul		Pro
Ruck, Carl, PhD		NC
Rusche, Sue		Con
Rush, Benjamin, MD		NC
Russo, Ethan, MD		Pro

- S -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Saag, Michael S., MD		Pro
Sabet, Kevin, PhD		Con
Sabia, Joseph J., PhD		NC
Saitz, Richard, MD, MPH		Con
Sanchez-Ramos, Juan R., MD		Pro
Sandyk, Reuven E., MD		NC
Sarafian, Ted, PhD		?
Sartor, R. Balfour, MD		Con
Scannell, Kate, MD		Pro
Schaller, Michael, PhD		?
Schiffman, Jason, PhD		NC
Schimelpfening, Nancy		NC
Schuel, Herbert, PhD		?
Schuster, Alyson, MPH, MBA		Con
Schwartz, Allan N., PhD		Con
Schwartz, Richard H., MD		Con
Scott, Elsa		Pro
Segal, Bernard, PhD		?
Segrè, Liz		Con
Semple, David M., MBBS		NC
Serra, J. Tony, JD		Pro
Sessions, Jeff		Con
Sevy, Serge, MD, MBA		NC
Shepard, Kirk, MD		Pro
Sherer, Steph		Pro
Shohov, Tatiana		Pro
Shover, Chelsea, PhD		NC
Shulgin, Ann		Pro
Sidney, Stephen, MD		Pro
Silverberg, Ivan J., MD		Pro
Simon, Gregory E., MD, MPH		Con
Smith, Christine		Pro
Smith, Lamar, JD		Con
Soderpalm, Anna H., PhD		NC
Solowij, Nadia, PhD		?
Souder, Mark		Con
St. Pierre, Allen		Pro
Steinfeld, Jesse L., MD		Pro
Stephens, Robert S., PhD		NC
Stirling, John, DPhil		Pro
Strasser, Florian, MD		?
Stroup, R. Keith, JD		Pro
Studney, Dan		?
Ständer, Sonia, MD		?
Sullum, Jacob		Pro
Sylvestre, Diana L., MD		Pro
Szalavitz, Maia		Pro

- T -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Tabarrok, Alexander, PhD		Pro
Tancredo, Tom		NC
Tandy, Karen P., JD		Con
Tashkin, Donald P., MD		NC
Tennant, Christopher C., MD		?
Tetrault, Jeanette M., MD		?
Thomas, Chuck		Pro
Thomas, Hollie V., DPhil		?
Thompson, Fred, JD		NC
Thomson, W. Murray, PhD		NC
Tinelli, Eugene, MD, PhD		Pro
Tomida, Ileana, PhD		?
Touw, Mia		?
Tozzi, Jim, PhD		?
Tripathy, Debasish, MD		Pro

- U -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Ungerleider, J. Thomas, MD		Pro

- V -

Individuals	Rating	Position
van Os, Jim, PhD, MD		NC
Vaney, Claude, MD		Pro
Venkataraman, Bina, MPP		?
Ventura, Jesse		Pro
Vizzi, Ean, JD		?
Volkow, Nora D., MD		NC
Voth, Eric A., MD		Con

- W -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Wade, Derick T., MD		NC
Wade, Jerry		Pro
Walker, J. Michael, PhD		Pro
Wallace, Mark, MD		NC
Walters, John P.		Con
Wang, Haibin, PhD		?
Ware, Mark A., MD, MSc		NC
Watson, Stanley J., Jr., MD, PhD		NC
Weglein, Daniel M., MD		Pro
Weil, Andrew, MD		Pro
Weiner, Aaron, PhD		Con
Weiss, Rick		?
Wenk, Gary, PhD		NC
Whitney, Robert B., MD		Con
Williams, Montel		Pro
Wilsey, Barth, MD		NC
Witton, John, MD		?
Wolfe, Sidney, MD		?
Woodward, William C., MD		Pro
Wright, Karen, PhD		Con

- X -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Xie, Huirong, PhD		?

- Y -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Yablan, Jeffrey S.		Pro
Yost, Pete		?
Young, Francis L.		Pro
Young, William, MD		?

- Z -

Individuals	Rating	Position
Zajicek, John P., PhD		NC
Zaman, Tauheed, MD		NC
Zammit, Stanley, PhD, MB, MA		?
Zeese, Kevin B., JD		Pro
Zimmer, Lynn, PhD		Pro
Zimmerman, Bill, PhD		Pro
Zuardi, Antonio W., PhD		NC

II. Organization

# 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

- # -

Organizations	Rating	Position
850KOA Radio		?

- A -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Accident Analysis & Prevention		?
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica		?
Addiction		?
Agence Française de Presse (AFP)		?
AIDS Survival Project		Pro
AIDS United		Pro
AlterNet		?
Alzheimer's Research Trust		?
Alzheimer's Society		?
American Academy of Family Physicians		Pro
American Academy of HIV Medicine		Pro
American Academy of Ophthalmology		Con
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)		Con
American Alliance For Medical Cannabis		Pro
American Association For Health Freedom		Pro
American Association for the Advancement of Science		?
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)		NC
American Bar Association (ABA)		Pro
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) News		?
American Cancer Society		NC
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)		Pro
American College of Physicians (ACP)		Pro
American Epilepsy Society		Con
American Glaucoma Society		Con
American Heart Association		?
American Journal of Epidemiology		?
American Journal of Ophthalmology		?
American Journal of Psychiatry		?
American Journal of Public Health		?
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine		?
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology		?
American Medical Association (AMA)		Now NC
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)		Pro
American Nurses Association		Pro
American Psychiatric Association (APA)		Con
American Public Health Association		Pro
American Society of Addiction Medicine		Con
Americans for Medical Rights		Pro
Americans for Safe Access (ASA)		Pro
Annals of Internal Medicine		?
Archives of General Psychiatry		?
Archives of Internal Medicine		?
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette		?
Arlington Research Group		?
Associated Press (AP)		?
Auburn Journal		?
Australasian Centre for Policing Research		Con
Australian Medical Association		Pro

- B -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Baltimore Sun		?
Bangor Daily News		?
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute		?
Bay Area Physicians For Human Rights		Pro
Bayer		?
Being Alive San Diego		Pro
Belden Russonello & Stewart		?
Boulder County AIDS Project		Pro
Brain		?
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)		?
British Columbia Compassion Club Society (BCCCS)		Pro
British Epilepsy Association		Pro
British Journal of Psychiatry		?
British Lung Foundation		NC
British Medical Association		Pro
British Medical Journal		?
Budapest Sun		NC

- C -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Cable News Network (CNN)		?
Cahners Research (formerly Chilton Research)		?
California Academy of Family Physicians		Pro
California Highway Patrol (CHP)		NC
California Medical Association		Pro
California Narcotics Officers Association (CNOA)		Con
California National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (CalNORML)		Pro
California Nurses Association		Pro
California Pharmacists Association		Pro
California Society of Addiction Medicine		NC
California State Attorney General		Pro
Canadian AIDS Society		Pro
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)		?
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)		NC
Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids in Human Therapeutics (CCIC)		NC
Canadian Medical Association		Pro
Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)		?
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention		?
Cancer Monthly		Pro
Cannabis Action Network		Pro
Cannabis Culture		Pro
CannabisMD.org		Pro
Cell and Tissue Research		?
Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies		?
Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University		?
Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research		NC
Center for Problem Solving Courts		Pro
Center for Science in the Public Interest		?
Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR)		?
Centers For Disease Control (CDC)		?
Chamberlain Research Consultants, Inc.		?
Chico Enterprise-Record		?
Chico News and Review		?
Cleveland Clinic		Now Con
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics		?
CNBC		?
Coalition For Compassionate Access		Pro
Colorado Nurses Association		Pro
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)		?
Common Sense for Drug Policy		Pro
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice		?
Concord Monitor		?
Congressional Research Service (CRS)		?
Consumer Reports Magazine		Pro
Continuing Medical Education, Inc.		?
Creative Broadcast Services, Inc.		Pro
Crimson White		?
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)		Now NC
Cybercast News Service		?

- D -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Daily Telegraph (UK)		?
David Binder Research		?
Denver Post		?
Denver Relief		Pro
Detroit Free Press		?
Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe		Pro
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)		?
Drug Free America Foundation		Con
Drug Free Kids: America's Challenge		Con
Drug Policy Alliance		Pro
Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii		Pro
Drug Policy Forum of Texas		Pro
Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet)		Pro
Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Programme (Canada)		NC
Drug WarRant.com		Pro
Drug Watch International		Con

- E -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Eagle Forum		Con
Economist, The		Pro
Educating Voices		Con
Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado		NC
Epilepsy Ontario (Canada)		Con
Episcopal Church		Pro
Erowid		NC
Eureka Times-Standard		Pro
European Journal of Pharmacology		?
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)		?

- F -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates		?
Families Against Mandatory Minimums		?
Family Research Council		Con
Federation of American Scientists		Pro
Field Poll		?
Florida Medical Association		Pro
Forensic Science International		?
FOX News		?
Frontline		?

- G -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Gallup Organization		?
Gastroenterology		?
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association		Pro
Glaucoma Research Foundation		Con
Globe and Mail		?
Golden State Collective (GSC) Cannabis Laboratories		NC
Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies		?
Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana		NC
Gray Panthers		Pro
Green Party of Aotearoa (New Zealand)		Pro
Guardian Unlimited (UK)		?
Gut		?
GW Pharmaceuticals		Pro

- H -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Harris Interactive		?
Hawaii Nurses Association		Pro
Health Canada		Pro
Health Services at Columbia University (HSC)		?
Hemp Food Association		?
Herald Editorial Board		Pro
High Times Magazine		Pro
Hospice Net		NC
House of Delegates - American Medical Association (AMA)		?
House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology		Pro

- I -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Independent (UK)		?
Institute for Social Research		?
Institute of Medicine		Pro
Institute on Global Drug Policy		Con
International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines		Pro
International Communications Research		?
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics		?
International Journal of Drug Policy		?

- J -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Join Together Online		NC
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome		?
Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics		Pro
Journal of Clinical Investigation		?
Journal of Forensic Sciences		?
Journal of Medical Ethics		?
Journal of Neuroimmunology		?
Journal of Neuroscience		?
Journal of Palliative Care		?
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs		?
Journal of Public Health Policy		?
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)		?
Journal of the National Cancer Institute		?

- K -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Kaiser Permanente		Pro
KOA Radio		?

- L -

Organizations	Rating	Position
LaGuardia Committee Report on Marihuana (1944)		NC
Lake Research Partners		?
Lancet		?
Libertarian Party		Pro
Liberty Magazine		?
Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center		Pro
Los Angeles Times		Pro
Lucas Organization		?
Luntz, Maslansky Strategic Research		?
Lymphoma Foundation of America		Pro

- M -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Maine AIDS Alliance		Pro
Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project (MAPP)		Pro
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)		Pro
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc.		?
Mayo Clinic		NC
Medical Marijuana Information Resource Centre (MMIRC)		Pro
Medical Marijuana Patients' Union (MMPU)		Pro
Medical Post		?
MedicalMarihuana.ca		Pro
Medicinal Cannabis Research Foundation (MCRF)		NC
Medicine in Bloom		Pro
MedlinePlus		?
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy		?
Merrill Lynch		?
Miami Herald		?
Military Medicine		NC
Minnesota Department of Public Health		Pro
Molecular Psychiatry (Journal)		?
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease		?
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services		Pro
Movement Disorders		?
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)		Pro
Multiple Sclerosis		?
Muscular Dystrophy Association		Pro

- N -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Nation		?
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine		NC
National Academy of Sciences		?
National Association for Public Health Policy		Pro
National Association of People with AIDS		Pro
National Association of School Nurses		Con
National Cancer Institute		NC
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse		NC
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)		Pro
National Drug Strategy (Australia)		Now NC
National Drug Strategy Network		?
National Eye Institute		Con
National Families in Action		Con
National Health Service		?
National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke		NC
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)		?
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research		?
National Institute of Mental Health		?
National Institute on Aging		?
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)		Con
National Institutes of Health (NIH)		?
National Multiple Sclerosis Society		Now Pro
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)		Pro
National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (UK)		NC
National Women's Health Network		Pro
Nature		?
Nature Reviews Cancer		?
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology		?
Nebraska AIDS Project		Pro
Neurology		?
Neuropharmacology		?
New England Journal of Medicine		Pro
New Mexico Nurses Association		Pro
New Scientist		?
New York AIDS Coalition		Pro
New York State Nurses Association		Pro
New York Times		Pro
New Yorker		?
New Zealand Herald		?
News 4 (Colorado)		?
News 9 (Colorado)		?
North Carolina Nurses Association		Pro
Northwest Center for Health and Safety		Con
Nutrition Bytes		?

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Organizations	Rating	Position
O'Shaughnessy's		Pro
Oakland Tribune		?
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)		Con
Office of the Surgeon General		?
Ohio Patient Network		Pro
Orange County Register		?
Oregon Department of Health Services		Pro
Otsuka Pharmaceutical		NC
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)		?

- P -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Partnership for a Drug-Free America		Con
Patients Out of Time (POT)		Pro
Pediatrics		?
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press		?
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine		NC
Physicians' Desk Reference		?
Presbyterian Church		Pro
Press Democrat		?
Press-Enterprise		?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences		?
Project CBD		Pro
Project Inform		Pro
Psychemedics Corporation		?
Psychiatry Research		?

- Q -

Organizations	Rating	Position
QMark Research and Polling		?

- R -

Organizations	Rating	Position
RAND		?
Regional Development Institute		?
Research & Polling, Inc.		?
Research Triangle Institute (RTI)		?
Reuters		?
Rheumatology		?
Rocky Mountain News (Denver)		?

- S -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Sacramento Bee		Pro
Sacramento News and Review		?
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department		Con
San Bernardino County Sun		?
San Diego Union-Tribune		?
San Francisco AIDS Foundation		Pro
San Francisco Chronicle		Pro
San Francisco Examiner		?
San Jose Mercury News		?
San Mateo County Health Department AIDS Program		Pro
Schaffer Online Library of Drug Policy		NC
Schizophrenia Society of Canada		?
Scrip World Pharmaceutical News		?
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)		NC
Social Research Laboratory		?
Spiritual Science Research Foundation		Con
Statistical Assessment Service (STATS)		?
Students for Sensible Drug Policy		Pro
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)		?
Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS)		?
Survey Research Center		?
Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare		Pro

- T -

Organizations	Rating	Position
TeenGrowth.com		Con
Texans For Medical Marijuana		Pro
The Beckley Foundation		NC
The Observer		?
The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law		?
The Times of India		?
Thomas Jefferson Foundation		?
TIME Magazine		NC
Times [UK]		?

- U -

Organizations	Rating	Position
UK Cannabis Campaigner's Guide		Pro
Unimed Pharmaceuticals		?
Union for Reform Judaism		Pro
Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform		Pro
United Church of Christ (UCC)		Pro
United Kingdom Parliament		?
United Methodist Church		Pro
United Nations (UN)		Con
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)		Con
United Patient's Group		Pro
United Press International		?
University of Arkansas Survey Research Center		?
University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI)		?
US Attorney's Office Los Angeles		Con
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)		Con
US Department of Justice (DOJ)		Con
US Department of Transportation (DOT)		?
US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)		Con
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)		Con
US Government Accountability Office (GAO)		?
US National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse		NC
US Pharmacopoeia		Con

- V -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Virginia Nurses Association		Pro
Virginia Tech Center for Survey Research		NC

- W -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Washington Post		Pro
WCSH 6 - Portland, Maine		?
WebMD		?
West Hawaii Today		?
Whitman-Walker Clinic		Pro
Wired magazine		?
Wisconsin Nurses Association		Pro
WiseGEEK		NC
Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM)		Pro
Women of Reform Judaism		Pro
World Health Organization (WHO)		?
World Science		?

- X -

- Y -

- Z -

Organizations	Rating	Position
Zogby International		?

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