Source: Anderson Valley Advertiser (CA)
Column: Cannabinotes
Copyright: 2004 Anderson Valley Advertiser
Author: Fred Gardner
"PROPOSED DECISION" IN MIKURIYA CASE
The Medical Board of California has received a "proposed decision" from
Administrative Law Judge Jonathan Lew in the case of Tod Mikuriya, MD. Lew
ruled that Mikuriya made "extreme departures from the standard of care" in
his treatment of 17 patients (one a narcotics agent posing as a patient).
All the patients had told Mikuriya they had been self-medicating
successfully with cannabis; all received his written approval to continue
doing so.
Mikuriya's handling of the 17 cases was reviewed in detail at a six-day
hearing conducted by Lew in September 2003. No harm was alleged to have
been done to any of the patients; in fact, all have expressed thanks and
praise for Mikuriya.
The prosecution case was made by an expert witness, a Kaiser psychiatrist
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