Ralph Nader, LLB Biography
- Title:
- Attorney, author, and consumer advocate
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“The criminal prosecution of patients for medical marijuana must end immediately, and marijuana must be treated as a medicine for the seriously ill…
[R]esearch has shown marijuana to be a safe and effective medicine for controlling nausea associated with cancer therapy, reducing the eye pressure for patients with glaucoma, and reducing muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, para- and quadriplegia…
Physicians must have the right to prescribe this drug to their patients without the fear of the federal government revoking their licenses, and doctor-patient privacy must be protected. The Drug Enforcement Administration should not be practicing medicine.”
Interview with the Drug War Chronicle, Oct. 8, 2004
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Independent US Presidential Candidate, 2004, 2008
- Green Party US Presidential Candidate, 2000
- Attorney, author, and consumer advocate
- Founder, Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), Center for Auto Safety, Public Citizen, Clean Water Action Project, Disability Rights Center, Pension Rights Center, Project for Corporate Responsibility, The Multinational Monitor
- Founder, Center for Study of Responsive Law (CSRL), 1969
- Lecturer, History and Government, University of Hartford, 1961-1963
- US Army, 1959
- Education:
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- LLB, with distinction, Harvard Law School, 1958
- AB, magna cum laude, East Asian studies, Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University, 1955
- Other:
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