Peter Allebeck, MD - Medical Marijuana

Last updated on: 5/12/2008 | Author:

Peter Allebeck, MD Biography

Title:

Professor of Social Medicine in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Karolinska Institutet

Position:

None Found to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"

Reasoning:

No position found as of Aug. 29, 2007

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:

Key Experts
Physicians [Physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks.] [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.]

Involvement and Affiliations:

Professor, Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet
Editor, The European Journal of Public Health
Head, Department of Social Medicine, Göteborg University, Vasa Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden (on leave as of 2006)
Member, Stockholm County Council

Education:

MD, school unknown

Other:

None found