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Doctor believes more physicians will recommend medical marijuana
KUSA - Dr. Alan Shackelford has been practicing medicine for 26 years.

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Putting the “medical” in medical marijuana

Actual patient quote:"I just saw Dr. Shackelford for the first time for my renewal, and all I can say is, last year I saw a quack, this year I saw a real doctor."

We invite you to read our blog with Dr. Alan Shackelford, a Harvard trained physician and researcher. In each entry, Dr. Shackelford continues the discussion about what the "medical" in medical marijuana actually means.

THIS WEEK:

Whitney, Heath and 37,000 More...When Will It Stop?

AIt now appears likely that renowned singer Whitney Houstonʼs recent death was the result of an interaction between one or more prescription medications and alcohol, which, as we have seen far too many times before, can be a lethal combination. In another high-profile tragedy in 2008, actor Heath Ledger died from a combination of several medications. The report by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York concluded that he died "...as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine” and that “...the manner of death is accident [sic], resulting from the abuse of prescription medications."

Although these two losses are tragic, they are but two of more than 37,000 other accidental deaths occurring each year due to prescription drugs in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

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Dr. Alan Shackelford appears in National Geographic's "American Weed"

Dr. Shackelford to advise Montel Williams on new patient-focused dispensary

On June 14, 2011, Montel Williams announced that he was partnering with Sacramento medical marijuana providers to open a new patient-focused dispensary. Dr. Shackelford was introduced as one of the professional advisors to the initiative, and spoke at the press conference about his involvement.

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Did You Know?

Did you know that certain powerfully anti-inflammatory compounds in cannabis are at least as effective as medications like aspirin, ibuprofen and indomethacin for arthritis, and that as many as 16,500 people with arthritis die each year from the effects of such medications? Number of people who have died using cannabis to treat their arthritis: 0.

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