Links to Medical Marijuana-Related Websites
- Medical Marijuana Pro/Con.org
Promoting informed citizenship by presenting the medical marijuana issue in a simple, non-partisan pro-con format.
- Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding
The Official Report of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse by Raymond P. Shafer, Chairman. Submitted to Congress on March 22, 1972.
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Institute of Medicine 1999 Report Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base
Comprehensive report that addresses the science base and the therapeutic effects of marijuana use for medical conditions such as glaucoma and multiple sclerosis.
- National Institute of Health 1997 Workshop
Summary of meeting at the NIH in February 1997 to review the scientific data concerning the potential therapeutic uses for marijuana and the need for and feasibility of additional research.
- RAND Corporation articles on Medical Marijuana
From the the Rand Corporation's Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC).
- Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine
Dr. Lester Grinspoon's medical marijuana information site.
- International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (Germany)
IACM is a scientific society advocating the improvement of the legal situation for the use of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa L.) and its pharmacologically most important active compounds, the cannabinoids, for therapeutic applications through promotion of research and dissemination of information.
- The International Cannabinoid Research Society
ICRS is a non-political and non-religious organization dedicated to scientific research in all fields of the cannabinoids, ranging from biochemical, chemical, and physiological studies of the endogenous cannabinoid system to studies of the abuse potential of recreational cannabis.
- Patients Out of Time
POT is composed of medical and nursing professionals with expertise in the clinical applications of cannabis and the remaining patients who receive their medical cannabis from the U.S. government.
- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
MAPS sponsors scientific research designed to develop psychedelics and marijuana into FDA-approved prescription medicines, and to educate the public honestly about the risks and benefits of these drugs.
- Americans for Safe Access
California-based organization with excellent medical reference guides.
- Marijuana Policy Project
MPP is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States working on making marijuana medically available to seriously ill people who have the approval of their doctors.
- Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative
IDPI mobilizes people of faith and religious groups behind more compassionate and less coercive alternatives to the war on drugs.
- Coalition for Medical Marijuana
A coalition of medical marijuana advocacy organizations.
- Medical Marijuana Facts
Facts about medical marijuana compiled by DrugWarFacts.org.
- Research Findings on Medical Marijuana
Common Sense for Drug Policy researcher Kevin Zeese's report on research findings on medical marijuana.
- Texans for Medical Marijuana
TMM is a statewide grassroots organization that has been in existence since January of 2004.
- Medical Marijuana Policy Project of Montana
MMPPM is a grassroots organization that drafted, gathered signatures for, and campaigned for Montana's successful medical marijuana initiative, I-148.