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San
Francisco:
Medical
Marijuana
Researcher
to
Speak
at
Forum
5#25
5/7/99
Prominent AIDS researcher
Donald Abrams, MD, the only US researcher currently conducting a clinical
trial on medical marijuana, will speak on "Medical Marijuana: Tribulations
and Trials" at a forum sponsored by The Lindesmith Center West from 5-7
PM on May 25 at the San Francisco Medical Society (1409 Sutter at Franklin).
Dr. Abrams received a grant from the NIH in October 1997 to conduct clinical
trials on marijuana's use by patients with HIV infection. He is sure
to present a lively and informative discussion of the state of research
into marijuana for medicine.
The forum will include a
review of the medical uses of marijuana, a review of the different pharmacokinetics
between oral and smoked THC, issues of concern for patients with HIV, and
an outline of the tortuous route Dr. Abrams was required to take to gain
approval for his study. Dr. Abrams is chairman and principal investigator
of the Community Consortium, an association of Bay Area HIV Health Care
Providers, one of the pioneer community-based clinical trials groups, established
in 1985. He is the Assistant Director of the AIDS Program at San
Francisco General Hospital and a professor of Clinical Medicine at the
University of California, San Francisco.
Physicians, students, health
care and treatment providers, patients, and members of the public are invited
to the free forum. Please phone the Lindesmith Center at (415) 921-4987
or email [email protected]
to reserve a space.
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