Editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine

"The advanced stages of many illnesses and their treatments are often accompanied by intractable nausea, vomiting, or pain. Thousands of patients with cancer, AIDS, and other diseases report they have obtained striking relief from these devastating symptoms by smoking marijuana.  "Federal authorities should rescind their prohibition of the medical use of marijuana for seriously ill patients and allow physicians to decide which patients to treat. The government should change marijuana's status from that of a Schedule I drug ... to that of a Schedule II drug ... and regulate accordingly." 

Dr. Jerome Kassirer, Editor, New England Journal of
Medicine, January 1997

Editorial endorsements for legal access to medical marijuana have appeared in major U.S. newspapers (partial list):

Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, New York Times, Orange County Register, USA Today, The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, Rhode Island's Providence Journal-Bulletin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dayton Daily News, Louisville (Kentucky) Courier-Journal, Chicago Sun-Times,
and Atlanta Journal