NATIONAL NURSES GROUP BACKS MEDICAL MARIJUANA

The American Nurses Association recognizes that patients should have
safe access to therapeutic cannabis - marijuana.

The ANA passed such a resolution in 2004 at the request of its
Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics.

The nursing community supports the resolution overwhelmingly.

Part of the resolution stresses the need for the education of nurses
regarding current evidence on therapeutic use of cannabis.

Patients Out of Time is providing the education called for by not
only the nursing profession, but dozens of other health care
organizations of a variety of medical specialties.

This conference will take place in Santa Barbara, Calif., on April
7-8 in conjunction with the California Nurses Association and the
University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine.

The conference that is providing this educational forum, accredited
for medical doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other professionals, is
the fourth in a biennial series put on by this patient advocacy
organization. Information and registration is available at
http://www.medicalcannabis.com.

"The federal government says that cannabis is not medicine and there
is little science on the subject with no medical groups in support.
I'm working on the fourth forum, all accredited by medical and
nursing organizations from around the country, and it's going to be a
sellout. Clearly the political class and the regulators are either
uniformed or are being misinformed," said Al Byrne, planning
committee member and co-founder of Patients Out of Time.

MARY LYNN MATHRE, RN

President

American Nurses Association