Joseph A. Califano, Jr., LLB Biography
- Title:
- Chairman and President at the National Center of Addiction and Substance Aubse (CASA) at Columbia University
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“Before following the Pied Pipers of medical marijuana, voters should take into account recent research which reveals some sharp edges of smoking pot that undermines its popular status as a ‘soft’ drug and underscore the need for a major biomedical research program.”
Sep. 30, 1997
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Chairman and President, National Center of Addiction and Substance Aubse (CASA), Columbia University
- Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Columbia University Medical School
- Member, U.S. Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
- U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977-1979
- Former Editor, Harvard Law Review
- Education:
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- LLB, Harvard Law School, 1955
- BA, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 1952
- Other:
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- None found