John McCain Biography
- Title:
- Former US Senator (R-AZ)
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“Every medical expert I know of, including the AMA [American Medical Association], says that there are much more effective and much better treatments for pain than medical marijuana… I still would not support medical marijuana because I don’t think that the preponderance of medical opinion in America agrees with [the] assertion that it’s the most effective way of treating pain.”
Town Hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- US Senate (R-AZ), 1986-Aug. 25, 2018
- 2008 Candidate for the Republican Presidential Nomination
- Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican Presidential Nomination, 2000
- US House of Representatives (R-AZ), 1st District, 1982-1986
- POW, Vietnam War, 1967-1973
- Pilot, US Navy, 1958-1981
- Recipient, Silver Star; Legion of Merit; Purple Heart; Distinguished Flying Cross
- Education:
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- National War College, Washington, D.C., 1973
- Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1958
- Other:
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- Legal name is John Sidney McCain, III
- Born Aug. 29, 1936 and died Aug. 25, 2018
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