Jay Cavanaugh

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Dr. Jay Cavanaugh
Dr. Jay Cavanaugh
The robber barons of the drug industry, the real drug pushers of America, are determined that we live or die or suffer in ways that help their bottom line regardless of science, logic, medicine, compassion, or any other consideration.


When considering the witches brew of concoctions the drug companies want to pour down my throat and into my veins I say a resounding "Just Say No".
- Dr. Jay Cavanaugh, Overgrow forums, March 11, 2003.


Dr. Jay Cavanaugh (1949-2005) was a prominent supporter of medical marijuana. His position on the California State Board of Pharmacy for 10 years and his work in Drug Abuse Recovery make his advocacy of medical marijuana especially important. In 2001 he became National Director of the American Alliance for Medical Cannabis (AAMC).

  • 1973-89 - Interagency Drug Abuse Recovery Programs founder and executive director.
  • 1980-82 - Appointed to the California State Board of Pharmacy
  • 1982-86 - Reappointed to the California State Board of Pharmacy
  • 1986-90 - Reappointed to the California State Board of Pharmacy for final Constitutional term.

Assisted in developing and coordinating drug enforcement against pharmacies, wholesalers, and manufacturers, diverting narcotics. Developed and implemented Recovering Pharmacist Program. Assisted in insuring pharmacist consultation with patients.

Consider the road Doctor J must have traveled, beginning in 1970 as an Outpatient Drug Treatment Case Worker and then, 30 years later, becoming National Director of The American Alliance of Medical Cannabis and publishing sentiments such as the following in the ground-breaking article "Reckless Disregard":

Don't ask for the truth in the ads we all read and see ad nauseum. Don't ask for the truth on the Internet either. Ask a health question on nearly any major health website and you'll get information from experts that are consultants for the drug companies and the sites themselves are sponsored and censored by the same drug companies. Any mention of cheap, safe, and effective cannabis as medicine is banned as promoting illegal activities. This as pop-up ads tell us that we need Viagra to make a marriage work, Prozac for when times seem dark, and above all that little purple pill.

We are fighting the wrong drug war on the wrong people and we are paying for this terrible mistake through great suffering and loss of life. Intentional and reckless disregard for human life is the very definition of homicide. Why then are we punishing the sick growing medical marijuana while ignoring the real holocaust being perpetrated by supposedly responsible and humanitarian companies? In today's America greed is only rewarded and mass murder ignored.

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NAME Cavanaugh, Jay Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dr. Jay
SHORT DESCRIPTION Prominent Medical Marijuana Advocate
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 2005
PLACE OF DEATH