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Cannabis pioneer Dr. Tod Mikuriya honored |
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Written by Chris Conrad
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Saturday, 10 June 2006 |
Dr. Tod Mikuriya, perhaps the world’s foremost cannabis practitioner, was recently honored by Patients Out of Time, NORML and the California Coalition Against Prohibition. Mikuriya, shown here holding his CCAP award, was a staff researcher with President Nixon’s Shafer Commission (1972) who also collected and published the book Marihuana Medical Papers, 1842-1972. He was among the first to recognize the value of cannabis as a safer substitute drug for alcoholics.
He contributed the phrase “any other condition” to Prop 215, which
gives physicians great latitude to approve use of the drug. He was
targeted by both the federal drug czar and the state medical board for
his work with thousands of patients. “I’m so used to having my work
taken for granted that it’s hard to know how to take being not taken
for granted,” quipped Mikuriya, who has recently had health problems.
 'Dr. Tod' Mikuriya - Oaksterdam News photos by Jaime Galindo
 DOCTORS OF COMPASSION - Prominent medical marijuana and pain physicians attended a party to honor Dr. Mikuriya. Around him, clockwise from top, are Drs. Jeff Hergenrather, William Eidelmann, Frank Fischer, Frank Lucido, William Courtney, Eugene Schoenfeld and Tom O'Connell. - Oaksterdam News photo by Jaime Galindo |
Chris Conrad |
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Chris Conrad has studied cannabis (marijuana) since 1988. He has written two books on the topic and contributed to others. Familiar with numerous books and at least 100 scientific studies, such as federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and National Institute on Drug Abuse data. Reported on cannabis dispensaries for California legislators. Consults with government agencies. Testified at National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine hearings. Regularly consults with physicians including some of the world’s foremost authorities on cannabis and patients as to their knowledge and experiences regarding cannabis.
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