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November 14, 2008
One year ago today: WI State Senate informational hearing on medical cannabis
Posted by Gary Storck
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
It was just one year ago today that the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance and Job Creation, chaired by State Senator Jon Erpenbach, held a public information hearing about medical marijuana featuring testimony from expert witnesses. The three experts were federal legal patient George McMahon, CA medical cannabis physician and WI native Dr. Dave Bearman, and Dr, Chris Fichtner, a psychiatrist who is the former head of mental health for the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services.
Today, DRCNET's Drug War Chronicle click here is passing on a suggestion from Eric Sterling that Dr. Fichtner would be a good candidate for the US drug czar position in an Obama Administration:
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One possibility would be Chris Fichtner, the former head of mental health for the state of Illinois," (Eric) Sterling suggested.Fichtner is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago who has worked with drug reformers in Illinois. He testified in favor of medical marijuana bills in Illinois and Wisconsin.
We'd really love to have Dr. Fichtner back testifying in support of Wisconsin's next medical cannabis bill, but he certainly has the knowledge, qualifications and credentials to be an excellent drug czar, should his name be considered, long shot as it is.
Posted by Gary at November 14, 2008 10:24 AM
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