The ACP is a national organization of internists — physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults. ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the United States, with over 124,000 doctors as members.

In a 13-page position paper approved by the college's governing board of regents 

The declaration is bound to put pressure on the agencies who apply and enforce the draconian laws on cannabis, who have constantly rejected attempts to bring cannabis out of the closet and into the mainstream.

Its also likely the ACP calls could have a bearing on the cannabis reclassification argument which prevails in the United Kingdom.

Bush administration officials have aggressively rebuffed all attempts in Congress, the courts and among law-enforcement organizations to legitimize marijuana for medical use, even though a dozen US states (so far) have already legalized medical marijuana.

Researchers say the federal government has resisted calls for a full study in to the potential medical benefits of cannabis, instead concentrating on pouring money into looking at, and publicising only its negative effects. A singularly one sided representation.

The ACP position paper calls for protection of both doctors and patients from criminal and civil penalties in states that have adopted medical-marijuana laws.

According to Dr.David Dale, a University of Washington medical professor and president of the ACP, "We felt the time had come to speak up about this."

"We'd like to clear up the uncertainty and anxiety of patients and physicians over this drug."

Medical-marijuana advocates embraced the position paper as a watershed event that could help turn the battle in their favor.

Bruce Mirken, a San Francisco spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, said the ACP position is "an earthquake that's going to rattle the whole medical marijuana debate." The ACP, he said, "pulverized the government's two favorite myths about medical marijuana — that it's not supported by the medical community and that science hasn't shown marijuana to have any medical value."

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