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[h]California Medical Assn. calls for legalization of marijuana[/h]
By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times
October 15, 2011, 6:01 p.m.
The doctor group questions the medical value of pot and acknowledges some health risk from its use but urges it be regulated like alcohol. A law enforcement official harshly criticizes the new stance.
By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times
October 15, 2011, 6:01 p.m.
full article can be found at this linkReporting from Sacramento The state's largest doctor group is calling for legalization of marijuana, even as it pronounces cannabis to be of questionable medical value.
Trustees of the California Medical Assn., which represents more than 35,000 physicians statewide, adopted the position at their annual meeting in Anaheim late Friday. It is the first major medical association in the nation to urge legalization of the drug, according to a group spokeswoman, who said the larger membership was notified Saturday.