Tod Mikuriya, MD - Medical Marijuana

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Tod Mikuriya, MD Biography

Title:

Psychiatrist and Medical Coordinator

Position:

Pro to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"

Reasoning:

“Cannabis is leading the way for a more holistic type of medical care, a general revolt against corporate rationed care and traditional pharmaceutical company approaches to medicine. Patients use marijuana to get off toxic drugs. They find fellowship in compassion clubs. They find empowerment in fighting against prohibition, standing up to police and demagogues. Our opponents can threaten our freedom, but they can’t kill our spirit.”

mikuriya.com/cannabis.html (accessed 2001)

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:

Member, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Member, California Society for Addiction Medicine
Member, Medical Marijuana Task Force, State of California
Former Psychiatrist, Private Practice, Berkeley, CA
Medical Coordinator, Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative, Hayward Hempery, CHAMP, San Francisco, Cannabis Buyers’ Club, 1996-2007
Attending Psychiatrist, Eden Medical Center, 1991-2007
Member, City of Oakland Medical Marijuana Working Group, 1996
Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Eden Hospital, Castro Valley, CA, 1993-1994
Attending Staff Psychiatrist, Gladman Hospital, Oakland, 1969-1992
Member, Board of Directors, Biofeedback Society of California, 1976-1980
Examining Psychiatrist Panel Member, Berkeley Police Department, 1975-1980
Consultant, National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (aka Shafer Commission), 1972
Consulting Psychiatrist, Alameda County Alcoholism Clinic, 1968-1969
Consulting Psychiatrist, Alameda County Health Department Drug Abuse Project (set up nation’s first methadone program policy and protocol), 1969
Consulting Research Psychiatrist in Charge of Marijuana Research, National Institute of Mental Health, NIMH, 1967

Education:

Training, Southern Pacific General Hospital, San Francisco, 1963
MD, Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, 1962
BA, Psychology, Reed College, Portland, 1956

Other:

Died on May 20, 2007

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