“Cannabis
has been a medicine for a lot longer than it hasn't been. Now that the evidence
is mounting to support its effectiveness in a number of clinical conditions,
the information must be disseminated. Support the Medical Cannabis Declaration
and help spread the word. Knowledge=Power!”
Dr. Donald I. Abrams, Rofessor, University of California in San Francisco, USA
“The Medical Cannabis Declaration (MCD) is on the front line of medical
Cannabis information and patient rights. It has been over a decade since
Cannabis is recognized as medicine by the highest scientific authority on
Earth. With the support of the International Association for Cannabinoids as
Medicine (IACM), the MCD is able to gather to most advanced and reliable
scientific information to doctors and patients, in order to help them
understand the potential and the use of Cannabis as a Medicine. That is why, as
a patient and Cannabis researcher, I fully support the MCD 's excellent
initiative, and I encourage you to do the same in showing your support by
making a donation. Together we can make medical Cannabis a reality throughout
the world.“
Sébastien Béguerie, MA, UFCM (Union Francophone pour les Cannabinoïdes en
Médecine), , France
“I support The Medical Cannabis Declaration, because our current drug-laws
around the world are in direct conflict with one of our most basic rights. The
right to access equal safe medical treatment and medicine, such as cannabis.”
Svein Berg, Cannabis Patient, Norway
“As head of the Swiss Taskforce for Cannabinoids in Medicine (STCM) I expressly
encourage everybody to sponsor MCD. Promoting and facilitating the access of
medical cannabis and cannabinoids to patients worldwide is essential and
requires adequate financial support.”
Dr. Rudolf Brenneisen, Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland
"Access to Cannabis and its derivative as medicine is definitely a Human
Right as stated in the declaration, this could literally help millions of
people suffering worldwide. Donate is important because it will help us to
spread the truth on medical potentials and benefits of Cannabis explaining to
most how it works!"
Laurent A. J. Campos, Cannabis Patient, Brazil
“For so long cannabis has been prohibited. A long battle managed by some
strong-minded idealists draws to a close with a great success. That's because I
encourage MCD. Let's support together our efforts for a better health!”
Dr. Jean Colombera, General Practitioner, Luxembourg
“It's important that patients around the world have help in overcoming the
unwarranted legal and bureaucratic obstacles to obtaining cannabis as medicine.
I can think of no one more qualified than MCD in undertaking this task.”
Dr. Dale Gieringer, NORML California, USA
“The great power of words and the spreading of information could help so much
the Medical Cannabis Declaration and the crowdfunding initiative, but to give
more opportunity to the great work of many people and scientists involved in
medicinal Cannabis and its rising in all over the world some financial support
is need and so please add your financial help to the MCD efforts. “
Dr. Gianpaolo Grassi, SIRCA (Società Italiana Ricerca Cannabis), Italy
“Many of those who staunchly defend the prohibition against marijuana believe
we do not yet know enough about it to be able to make the kinds of decisions
that are now necessary. Despite the US government's three-quarter-century-long
prohibition of marijuana and its confinement to schedule 1 of the Drug Control
and Abuse Act of 1970, it is nonetheless one of the most studied
therapeutically active substances in history; to date there are more than
23,000 published studies or reviews in the scientific literature referencing
the cannabis plant and its cannabinoids, more than half of which were published
within the past five years. By contrast, hydrocodone, a pharmaceutical opioid
which is responsible for a large and growing number of overdose deaths from
illicit use, yields just more than 600 references in the entire compilation of
the available scientific research. It is high-time that we as a civilized
society reconsider our views of this remarkable substance.”
Dr Lester Grinspoon, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
“Many people around the world suffer unnecessarily because they don't have
access to medical cannabis. Support the MCD crowdfunding campaign to change
this unfair situation!”
Dr.. Manuel Guzman, Professor, Computense Univiversity Madrid, Spain
“As a physician in the USA approving the use of cannabis for many medical
conditions for nearly 20 years I believe the MCD is of great pivotal importance
in making this exceptionally safe and effective medicine available around the
world. “
Dr Jeffrey Hergenrather, USA
"The endogenous cannabinoid system is a unique signaling system with a
central and protagonist role in the coordination of virtually any organic
aspect underling homeostasis maintenance. Therefore, I believe it is an ethical
obligation for health professionals and scientists to support both the research
and the effective application of the many therapeutic properties of Cannabis
and its derivatives. For this reason, I strongly support the Medical Cannabis
Declaration and ask everybody to donate and collaborate to this endeavor."
Dr Renato Malcher, University Brasilia, Brazil
"Patients Out of Time receives countless emails from desperate patients or
their family members from all over the world seeking access to medical
cannabis. History and science support the therapeutic value of this natural herbal
medicine. Please give what you can to help support the Medical Cannabis
Declaration so that all of our voices can help end the cannabis prohibition on
a global level."
Mary Lynn Mathre, President of Patients Out of Time, USA
“I strongly support the Medical Cannabis Declaration. We know now that
cannabinoids have a wide spectrum of therapeutic effects which can help a huge
number of patients. We should try to make the published knowledge widely
available so that patients as well as regulatory bodies be aware of the
therapeutic possibilities. In Israel there are now about 25,000 patients
who get medical cannabis officially. This was made possible because physicians
learned about the medical properties of medical cannabis (of various, well defined
varieties). We should make every effort to bring this medical information to
patients and physicians in many countries. Please donate to make this
possible. “
Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, Professor, Hebrew University, Israel
“Many patients suffer from severe, disabling, and otherwise treatment resistant
diseases. In some of these patients, medical cannabis can ameliorate their
symptoms and therefore can help to improve patients' quality of life. Support
the Medical Cannabis Declaration and help to facilitate access of medical
cannabis.”
Dr Kirsten Müller-Vahl, Professor, Medical School of Hannover, Germany
“The persecution and prosecution of people who use cannabis for medical
purposes has long been the most egregious component of the prohibitionist
approach to cannabis policy. The Medical Cannabis Declaration merits the
support of all those who support science over ignorance, and compassion over
punishment.”
Dr Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance, USA
”As a doctor I feel that it is my moral and ethical obligation to support the
campaign for medicinal cannabis because of the scientific evidence of the
therapeutic properties of cannabis and its derivatives. I would like to
motivate everybody to donate to this campaign and thus allow all patients, who
need it access to therapeutic cannabis.”
Dr Ricardo Navarrete-Varo, Spain
“Denying medical cannabis is one of the worst outrages in the history of
medicine. The ban on cannabis was purely a political act and should be reversed
immediately.”
Dr David Nutt, Professor, UK
“I firmly believe that The Medical Cannabis Declaration (MCD) charity greatly
helps with meeting the important and rapidly growing need to educate clinicians
about the established benefits and risks of cannabinoid medicines so that they
can provide the best possible care for their patients. This is of course
particularly important for patients with disorders for which there is no known
non-cannabinoid treatment that is both sufficiently effective and safe.”
Dr Roger Pertwee, Professor, University Aberdeen, UK
“I have been a researcher in the area of medical applications of cannabis for
the last 20 years. I have seen the great relief that it can bring to a large
number of intractable medical conditions, and that is the reason that I support
the Medical Cannabis Declaration and ask that people around the world
contribute funds towards its goals.”
Dr med Ethan Russo, Professor, USA
“I support the Declaration on Medicinal Cannabis because as a doctor I can
assure that there is no medicinal plant as safe in use and with so many
therapeutic applications such as Cannabis Sativa . Do not allow both humanity
and other members of the animal kingdom can benefit from this scientific
reality must be considered an attack on the overall health of all living beings
that inhabit the planet Earth.”
Dr Javier Pedraza Valiente, Portugal
