Dr. Christopher G. Fichtner

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  www.madisonnorml.org/blog/archives/2008_11.php - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/1/2008    Last Visited: 12/1/2008  

  The three experts were federal legal patient George McMahon, CA medical cannabis physician and WI native Dr. Dave Bearman, and Dr, Chris Fichtner, a psychiatrist who is the former head of mental health for the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services.
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  Today, DRCNET's Drug War Chronicle click here is passing on a suggestion from Eric Sterling that Dr. Fichtner would be a good candidate for the US drug czar position in an Obama Administration:
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  One possibility would be Chris Fichtner, the former head of mental health for the state of Illinois," (Eric) Sterling suggested.
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  Fichtner is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago who has worked with drug reformers in Illinois. He testified in favor of medical marijuana bills in Illinois and Wisconsin.
  
  We'd really love to have Dr. Fichtner back testifying in support of Wisconsin's next medical cannabis bill, but he certainly has the knowledge, qualifications and credentials to be an excellent drug czar, should his name be considered, long shot as it is.

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  Published on: 2/20/2006    Last Visited: 11/4/2007  

  "There's more support than people realize," said Dr. Christopher Fichtner, a medical adviser to Illinois Drug Education and Legislative Reform and a former mental health director for the state Department of Human Services.Among those backing the bill is the Illinois Nurses Association, he said.

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  www.madisonnorml.org/blog/archives/000229.php - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/6/2007    Last Visited: 11/27/2007  

  The hearing will feature three invited guests; George McMahon, who has received legal medical marijuana from the US government since 1990, Dr. David Bearman, a Rice Lake WI native and UW Alum who specializes in medical marijuana in his California practice, and Dr. Chris Fichtner, an Illinois psychiatrist and former head of Mental Health for the State of Illinois Dept. of Human Services.
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  Dr. Christopher G. Fichtner, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry-University of Chicago, President of WellMindHealth, former Director of Mental Health for the Illinois Department of Human Services.

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  www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread23475.shtml - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/14/2007    Last Visited: 12/21/2007  

  Storck said David Bearman, a medical marijuana specialist, and Chris Fichtner, psychiatrist and expert on medical marijuana, will also testify in support of legalizing the drug for medical proposes in Wisconsin.
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  As not just a patient and activist, but a WI medical cannabis historian, I'm pleased as heck to be heading out to the Courthouse in a bit to meet up with the likes of folks like George McMahon, David Bearman, Chris Fichtner and Jacki Rickert!

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  Published on: 3/14/2007    Last Visited: 4/12/2009  

  "Patient reports attest to the therapeutic value of marijuana, and rigorous scientific studies emerging from other countries are confirming age-old clinical observations," said Dr. Christopher Fichtner, former director of mental health with the Illinois Department of Human Services and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Chicago.

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  Psychiatrist Christopher Fichtner, the former state mental health director supports the idea.

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  Published on: 3/16/2007    Last Visited: 3/19/2007  

  Dr. Chris Fichtner, the former Illinois director of mental health, said that Sen.Cullerton's bill is actually an amendment to the Illinois Cannabis Control Act of 1978.
  
  That Act said that glaucoma, nausea and other illnesses could be treated if the physician works out the details with the state police, but it was never implemented, he said.
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  But Dr. Fichtner said, "Not all medicines work for everybody."

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  www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread23467.shtml - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/10/2007    Last Visited: 12/21/2007  

  The film will be followed by a panel discussion with Riffe; Christopher Fichtner, former director of mental health with the Illinois Department of Human Services and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at University of Chicago; and Gretchen Steele, a registered nurse, multiple sclerosis patient and medical marijuana advocate from Coulterville."The film's a good way of getting a discussion going," said Dan Bernath, assistant director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project.

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  www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread23480.shtml - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/15/2007    Last Visited: 12/21/2007  

  "Some are opposed to it simply because, as they put it, there is no scientific proof."The two key witnesses in favor of medicinal marijuana were David Bearman, a practicing physician from Santa Barbara, Calif., and Chris Fichtner from Illinois.
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  Fichtner is a psychiatrist who is the former head of mental health for the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services.
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  Following Bearman's testimony, Fichtner said there is no outlet for the discussion of marijuana outside the realm of substance abuse.He said there needs to be legal research performed to make marijuana and all the chemicals in it specialized to treat different types of ailments - but such research is not allowed right now.Fichtner also addressed a Yale study that linked marijuana use to increased psychotic brain activity.He called the findings of the study misleading and said the methods were flawed.In response to a question from the committee, Fichtner addressed the argument that marijuana serves as a "gateway" for users to try other, more dangerous drugs.

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  Published on: 11/20/2007    Last Visited: 11/20/2007  

  The two key witnesses in favor of medicinal marijuana were David Bearman, a practicing physician from Santa Barbara, Calif., and Chris Fichtner from Illinois.
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  Fichtner is a psychiatrist who is the former head of mental health for the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services.
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  Following Bearman's testimony, Fichtner said there is no outlet for the discussion of marijuana outside the realm of substance abuse.He said there needs to be legal research performed to make marijuana and all the chemicals in it specialized to treat different types of ailments -- but such research is not allowed right now.
  
  Fichtner also addressed a Yale study that linked marijuana use to increased psychotic brain activity.He called the findings of the study misleading and said the methods were flawed.
  
  In response to a question from the committee, Fichtner addressed the argument that marijuana serves as a "gateway" for users to try other, more dangerous drugs.

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