Last updated on:
4/12/2018 |
Author: ProCon.org
Timothy Fong, MD Biography
- Title:
- Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“I have a clear theme for all of my lectures: no cannabis for anyone under 21. All of our data clearly highlights this…
[W]e need true science to guide us for patients under 21 to be more respectful. Obviously, things like pediatric seizures, pediatric pain, multiple sclerosis, spasticity — if it’s become very, very clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt — that cannabis would help with those medical conditions, then absolutely, I’d say, let’s use it that way.”
Randy Robinson, “Marijuana under the Microscope: A Conversation with UCLA’s Cannabis Research Initiative,” merryjane.com Feb. 13, 2018
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 2002-present
- Researcher, UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative
- Co-director, UCLA Gambling Studies Program
- Director, UCLA Addiction Medicine Clinic
- Director, UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
- Education:
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- MD, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 1998
- BA, English, Northwestern University
- Other:
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- None found
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