Medical pot: doctors caught between state, federal laws

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Doctors in Arizona and California will be facing dilemmas over prescribing marijuana (pot) for medical use, despite the passage of Propositions 200 and 215 in those states. The U.S. government classifies pot as a Schedule 1 drug, likely to be unsafe even under medical supervision. Prop. 200 allows Arizona doctors to prescribe pot if medical applications are discovered, but the Drug Enforcement Administration vows to prosecute prescribing physicians regardless of state law.

Police Protection, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, Laws, regulations and rules, Social policy, California, Arizona, United States. Drug Enforcement Administration

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Message to students: give of yourself to community

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Speakers at the American Medical Association's Medical Student Section interim meeting stressed that physicians should give back to the community by pledging their time to community service, medical or otherwise. Medical student Francine C. Wiest, internal medicine resident Sashidhar Reddy and American Medical Association trustee John C. Nelson spoke about the importance of physician involvement in environments outside of the hospital or classroom.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Donations, Medical students, Physicians, Medical professions

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