AJA President Supports Medical Marijuana

In an interview with the New York Times News Service, John A. Mutter, president of the 3,000-member American Judges Association, said: "It strikes me as being incongruous that a doctor can prescribe for the well-being of his patients narcotic drugs like morphine that are habit-forming, but they can't prescribe marijuana."

Source: Sept. 18, 1995, N.Y. Times News Service article, "Prohibition on marijuana prescriptions will be tested."