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Washington, DC: The American Nursing Association (ANA) overwhelmingly
adopted a resolution supporting the use of medical marijuana by qualified
patients, and calling on Congress to reclassify the drug so that doctors
may prescribe it. Delegates approved the resolution at the ANA's annual
meeting in June.
The ANA resolution states that the association "support the right of
patients to have safe access to therapeutic marijuana/cannabis under
appropriate prescriber supervision." It further resolves that the ANA
"support legislation to remove criminal penalties including arrest and
imprisonment for bona fide patients and prescribers of therapeutic
marijuana, [and] federal ... legislation to exclude marijuana/cannabis
from classification as a schedule I [prohibited] drug."
The ANA represents some 2.7 million Registered Nurses nationwide.
By passing the resolution, the ANA joins more than a dozen national
health organizations - including the American Public Health Association
and the National Nurses Society on Addiction - that have taken similar
positions in support of the medical use of marijuana. Eleven state
nursing associations have also passed resolutions backing the therapeutic
use of cannabis.
Additional information is available from Patients Out of Time at:
Patients Out of Time.
adopted a resolution supporting the use of medical marijuana by qualified
patients, and calling on Congress to reclassify the drug so that doctors
may prescribe it. Delegates approved the resolution at the ANA's annual
meeting in June.
The ANA resolution states that the association "support
patients to have safe access to therapeutic marijuana/cannabis under
appropriate prescriber supervision." It further resolves that the ANA
"support
imprisonment for bona fide patients and prescribers of therapeutic
marijuana, [and] federal ... legislation to exclude marijuana/cannabis
from classification as a schedule I [prohibited] drug."
The ANA represents some 2.7 million Registered Nurses nationwide.
By passing the resolution, the ANA joins more than a dozen national
health organizations - including the American Public Health Association
and the National Nurses Society on Addiction - that have taken similar
positions in support of the medical use of marijuana. Eleven state
nursing associations have also passed resolutions backing the therapeutic
use of cannabis.
Additional information is available from Patients Out of Time at:
Patients Out of Time.
