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Newsbrief:
Reform
Judaism
National
Body
Endorses
Medical
Marijuana
Media
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Jack
Cole
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Baggage
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Newsbrief:
Reform
Judaism
National
Body
Endorses
Medical
Marijuana
Media
Scan:
Jack
Cole
of
LEAP
on
Cultural
Baggage
Radio
Show
Next
Week
11/21/03
The Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, which speaks for the largest Jewish denomination in the
United States, the Reform movement, has adopted a resolution supporting
the use of marijuana for medical reasons. At its 67th General Assembly
the first week of November in Minneapolis, the Reform association urged
elected officials to support federal legislation "to allow the medicinal
use of marijuana for patients with intractable pain and other conditions,
under medical supervision." The UAHC represents more than 1.5 million
Reform Jews in more than 900 synagogues.
The resolution also urged
the Food and Drug Administration to act through its Investigational New
Drug program "to move research forward more quickly toward an approved
product," and called for further research on marijuana and its compounds
to develop "reliable and safe cannabinoid drugs for management of debilitating
conditions." And, urging its membership to put its money where its
mouth is, the resolution called upon congregations "to advocate for the
necessary changes in local, state and federal law to permit the medicinal
use of marijuana and ensure its accessibility for that purpose."
To arrive at successful passage
of the resolution, submitted by Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos, California,
members cited Jewish tradition as well as contemporary medicine.
"According to our tradition," read the resolution, "a physician is obligated
to heal the sick." The resolution cited Maimonides as the Talmudic
authority. Less authoritative for the association was the state of
research on medical marijuana. The resolution cited "anecdotally
based reports" of marijuana's efficacy, as well as the 1999 Institute of
Medicine report, but found the latter "inconclusive."
To read the resolution online,
visit:
http://www.uahc.org/minnesota/preso/2003_Biennial_Resolutions_Packet_for_the_Congregations.pdf#page=15
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Issue #312, 11/21/03
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