Last updated on:
5/13/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Mollie Fry, MD Biography
- Title:
- Physician
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“I took an oath to do no harm. If a doctor is willing to give you a prescription for a drug that is addictive or could kill you, then why should you not be able to choose a non-toxic drug like marijuana?”
Personal interview with ProCon.org, Apr. 7, 2006
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Physician; saw approximately 7,000 medical marijuana patients between 1996-2000
- Education:
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- MD, School of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, 1985
- BA, Western Washington University, 1980
- Other:
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- Legal name Marion Fry
- Raided by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for medical marijuana involvement on Sep. 26, 2001
- Prescription writing privileges revoked by the DEA in December 2002. A DEA report said Fry’s prescription-writing privileges were “inconsistent with public interest”
- Along with husband Dale Schafer, found guilty in Aug. 2007 under federal law of conspiracy to cultivate more than 100 plants and conspiracy to distribute marijuana
- Sentenced to five years in prison, Mar. 2008
- Following three years of appeals, Mollie Fry and her husband Dale Schafer ordered to surrender to federal marshalls on May 2, 2011
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