Marijuana and Health
Risks and Benefits
for California Physicians
•Federal Threats & Actions
•State Harassment
–Medical Board
•County DA’s
•Sheriffs & Police
•Organized, corporate, and individual medicine
•Marginalization and stigmatization
–Exclusion from conferences
•“Advocacy = undesired bias
–“Abortion doctor”
•“Mill doctor”
–Censorship from publications
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•Intellectual challenge,  clinical experience with patients, expanding upon medical intelligence prior to removal from clinical availability.
•Continuing experiences of confidence and trust of patients.
•Freedom from managed care
•Opportunities to optimize management of chronic conditions and advocate for the patient.
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