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245 abortion, 19–20, 215n30 Abrams, Donald, 66 Abramson, John, 79, 215n28 ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 64, 68, 202 Acomplia, 243n53 ACT (Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics), 31 addiction. See drug addiction Agricultural Adjustment Act, 192 AIDS: activism (see AIDS activism); loss of appetite, 51–52, 115, 136; medical marijuana in treatment of, 32, 37, 51–52, 69, 88, 109–114, 135, 136, 143; in Santa Cruz, 36–37 AIDS Action Council, 226n50 AIDS activism: challenge to monopoly of expertise claimed by physicians, scientists , 55–56; Corral on, Valerie, 51; social movement spillover, 223n26; WAMM and, 10, 50, 51–53, 54 Alcalay, Mike, 95, 235n10 “Alec” (WAMM member), 99 “Ali” (WAMM member), 133 “Alicia” (WAMM member), 87, 129 Allentuck, Samuel, 25 Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics (ACT), 31 allopathic medicine, 19, 214n24 Alpert, Richard, 28 alternative medicine/therapies, 81–83 AMA. See American Medical Association American Academy of Family Physicians, 226n50 American Birth Control League, 215n30 American Cancer Society, 57, 82–83 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 64, 68, 202 American Council for Drug Education, 124 American Journal of Psychiatry, 25 American Medical Association (AMA): addictive drugs, 20; Anslinger and, 23; founding, 18; medical marijuana, 13, 23, 25–26; provision of drugs, control over, 20; strength of, 19 American Nurses Association, 226n50 American Public Health Association, 226n50 “Andy” (WAMM member), 97–98 Angell, Marcia, 80, 81 Anslinger, Harry, 23, 24, 25–26, 26 arthritis, medical marijuana in treatment of, 152 Ashcroft, John, 190, 240n7 aspirin, 119 Atack, Richard, 43 Ativan, 62 Baer, Phil, 187 Bailar, John, III, 79 Barker, Kristin, 233n4 Barthwell, Andrea: on feeling better and medicines, 71; on marijuana smoke, 140; opposition to medical marijuana, 14–16, 72; support for Sativex, 203–204 Becker, Howard, 119 “Betty” (WAMM member), 84–85 “Bill” (WAMM member), 51–52 birth control/contraception, 19–20, 215n30 Bittner, Mary Ellen, 227n23 Blair, Carole, 239n8 BNDD (Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs), 30 botanical medicine, 75–78; “belief-based” medicine, 71; discrediting of, 17; effectiveness , 75–77; “entourage effect,” 76; FDA, 140; interest in, 81–82; marijuana as herbal remedy, 69–70; natural Index 246 Index botanical medicine (continued) complexity, 75–77; patient involvement in medical decision making, 82; preference for pills over plants, 66; public expectations for natural “cures,” 81; public support for, 77–78; safety of, 78; standardized dosage, 74; in Western Europe, 77 Bowman, Karl, 25 Boyd, Graham, 202 Breyer, Charles, 240n10 Breyer, Stephen, 64, 66 Bristol-Myers Squibb, 203 Brown, B. Greg, 206 Brown, Fred, 136–138 Bureau of Medicinal Cannabis (Netherlands ), 205 Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), 30 Bush, George H. W., 32 Bush, George W., 192 Cabrillo College, 48 California Franchise Tax Board, 155 California Medical Association (CMA), 38, 207–208 California Sheriffs’ Association, 208 California Supreme Court, 223n28 CAM (complementary and alternative medicine), 81–83 CAMP (Campaign Against Marijuana Planting), 49 Canada, 218n77 cancer: alternative medicine/therapies, 82– 83; “chemobrain,” 123; as chronic disease, 231n84; cost of drugs, 79; death rate, 79; estrogen-replacement therapy, 76; medical marijuana in treatment of, 29, 31, 65, 84–85, 87, 122, 126, 185, 203; War on Cancer, 78–79 Cannabinor, 243n53 “cannabis” (the term), 9–10 cannabis: consciousness-altering/psychoactive properties, 115–135, 154–155; high from, therapeutic value of, 115, 117–122, 129–130; high unattractive to some, 135; justification for prohibiting, 11; kinds of, 162; medical efficacy, 9, 29; sinsemilla, 163, 168. See also marijuana cannabis flour (kif), 147, 152, 238n17 cannabis indica, 162, 163, 164 cannabis ruderans, 162 cannabis sativa, 162, 163, 164 Carter, Jimmy, 30–31 Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, 66 Cesamet (nabilone), 70, 203 “Charlene” (WAMM member), 150–152 “Charles” (WAMM member), 103, 104, 124– 125, 128, 131, 160 “chemobrain,” 123 “Cher” (WAMM member): ability to work, 124; on constantly confronting death, 106; effect of set and setting on getting high, 127; on free riding at WAMM, 102; interview with, 154–156; loss of the high, 125; side effects of pharmaceuticals, 144– 145; on Valerie Corral, 95–96, 155 Cheslosky, Michael, 99–100 Christian Century (magazine), 24 cigarette smoking, 28 Cincinnati Free Clinic, 35 Civil Rights Act (1964), 28 Clinical Research Bureau, 215n30 CMA (California Medical Association), 38, 207–208 CNN/Time poll (2002), 86, 243n49 Coburn, Tom, 200 Coburn Amendment, 200 cocaine’s association with African Americans , 22 “Codi” (WAMM member), 58–59, 145 Combahee River Collective, 54 Compassionate Investigational New Drug program (IND), 31, 32, 219n90 “compelling need” doctrine, 30, 219n96 complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), 81–83 Compound Q, 225n41...