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Newsbrief:
Oregon
Medical
Marijuana
Doctor
Suspended,
Fined,
Put
on
Probation
4/26/02
The Oregon Board of Medical
Examiners has settled on sanctions against Molalla osteopath Dr. Phillip
Leveque, who has signed medical marijuana applications for almost 2,000
Oregonians. Leveque will be suspended for 90 days beginning May 1,
fined $5,000, and placed on 10 years probation with the medical board.
The board's order also requires Leveque to follow "accepted standards"
of medical care when signing medical marijuana applications.
Leveque told the Associated
Press he agreed to the order because he feared the board would revoke his
license if he refused, and he criticized the board's action as misguided.
"This is harming my patients," he said. "This isn't harming me."
He told AP he would use the three months to travel the state lobbying for
the medical marijuana program and for ballot measures to ease access to
it.
Leveque was accused of signing
applications without conducting physical exams or sometimes without meeting
them. He responded that some of his patients were disabled and lived
in far-off, remote places. He consulted with them by phone after
they mailed in their records, he said. He also lambasted Oregon doctors
for refusing to participate in the state's medical marijuana program.
Leveque has signed nearly 40% of the 3,600 applications filed in the state
since the medical marijuana law went into effect three years ago.
Only 5% of Oregon doctors have signed even one medical marijuana application,
according to the state office that administers the program.
Visit http://www.drcnet.org/wol/226.html#drleveque
for previous DRCNet coverage of Dr. Leveque.
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Issue #234, 4/26/02
Editorial: Cocaine Legalization | California Medical Marijuana Movement Awaits Federal Offensive, Plots Strategy | Member of British Parliament Calls for Legalization of Cocaine | Amnesty International USA Approves Resolution to Examine Link Between Drug War and Human Rights Abuses | NORML Conference Report: Ready to Take It to a Higher Level | Three US Medical Marijuana Refugees Detained in British Colombia | Newsbrief: Colombian Rebels Seize Pro-Legalization Governor | Newsbrief: Man Without Guns or Drugs Killed By Long Island Cops on Marijuana Raid | Newsbrief: Bicycle Courier Race Shows NYC Day in the Life in the Drug War | Newsbrief: Oregon Medical Marijuana Doctor Suspended, Fined, Put on Probation | Newsbrief: No Room at the Jail for Indianapolis Marijuana Possessors | Newsbrief: Britain's New Scientist Slams Ecstasy Alarmists | Alerts: HEA, Bolivia, DEA Hemp Ban, SuperBowl Ad, Ecstasy Legislation, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana | The Reformer's Calendar
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