California Cannabis Research Medical Group
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The California Cannabis Research Medical Group (CCRMG) is a non-profit organization
dedicated to educating physicians about the medical use of cannabis
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The group was established by Tod Mikuriya, MD, to help physicians share and exchange data about cannabis use by their patients. CCRMG publishes their research findings in the unconventional Journal O'Shaughnessy and is in the process of developing an online research archive. CCRMG also maintains the William B. O'Shaughnessy
Archives.
In 2004, the CCRMG formed
The Society of Cannabis Clinicians (SCC) to facilitate voluntary medical standards for physician-approved cannabis under California law (HSC §11362.5)
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Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
dedicated to educating physicians about the medical use of cannabis
Medical cannabis
Medical cannabis refers to the use of parts of the herb cannabis as a physician-recommended form of medicine or herbal therapy, or to synthetic forms of specific cannabinoids such as THC as a physician-recommended form of medicine...
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The group was established by Tod Mikuriya, MD, to help physicians share and exchange data about cannabis use by their patients. CCRMG publishes their research findings in the unconventional Journal O'Shaughnessy and is in the process of developing an online research archive. CCRMG also maintains the William B. O'Shaughnessy
William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
William Brooke O'Shaughnessy MD FRS was an Irish physician famous for his work in pharmacology and inventions related to telegraphy...
Archives.
In 2004, the CCRMG formed
The Society of Cannabis Clinicians (SCC) to facilitate voluntary medical standards for physician-approved cannabis under California law (HSC §11362.5)
California Proposition 215 (1996)
Proposition 215, or the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, is a California law concerning the use of medical cannabis. It was enacted, on November 5, 1996, by means of the initiative process, and passed with 5,382,915 votes in favor and 4,301,960 against.The proposition was a state-wide voter...
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