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Medical Amicus Amici are a group of scientists and policy experts who have extensive clinical experience and scholarly expertise regarding drug abuse and drug control policy. They include a Professor of Psychology (Emeritus) at Claremont Graduate University, the Director of the Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory at the University of Chicago, the Director of the Office of Public Policy and Ethics at the University of Queensland, Australia, a Professor and Associate Director of the Substance Abuse Research Division Wayne State University School of Medicine, and the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Although amici represent a wide range of political perspectives and opinions about organized religion, amici all agree that a careful analysis of the actual empirical data admitted in the record in this case regarding drug use for religious purposes will serve the public interest. As scientists and public policy experts our goal was to evaluate the evidence in the record "in its entirety" in an objective and scholarly manner. Our candid and measured tone should not be interpreted as a lack of confidence or be used to obscure our ultimate conclusion: a substantial preponderance of the evidence in the record supports the church. Excerpt from the Amicus brief, for a complete copy of this document click here. |
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