Richard Carmona, MD Biography
- Title:
- Former US Surgeon General
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“I cannot recommend to anyone that they smoke, first of all. Smoking is so bad for you. I can’t say it would be safe to eat it, because no one has studied the long- or short-term gastrointestinal effects.”
“Health-Conscious,” New York Times, June 19, 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor, UA Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona
- Vice Chairman, Canyon Ranch
- President, nonprofit Canyon Ranch Institute
- US Surgeon General, 2002-2006
- Vice Admiral (VADM) in the US Public Health Service, (PHS) Commissioned Corps, 2002-2006
- Former Professor of Surgery, Public Health, and Community Medicine, University of Arizona
- Former Chairman, Arizona Southern Regional Emergency Medical System
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Former Surgeon and Deputy Sheriff, Pima County Sheriff’s Department
- Education:
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- MPH, University of Arizona, 1998
- MD, U.C. San Francisco, 1979
- BS, U.C. San Francisco, 1977
- AA, Bronx Community College, 1975
- Other:
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- None found