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Medical Board of California v Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D.

Since 1993, the Medical Board of California have had various ongoing investigations into Dr. Mikuriya's use of cannabinoids in his medical practice. Beginning in 1993 with rural county probation officers turning him in to the medical board for prescribing Marinol to probationers. The initial investigation resulted in a letter in Dr. Mikuriya's file. With the passage of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, outlying Sheriff Deputies and District Attornies began flooding the Medical Board with bogus complaints. Nearly 50 complaints were filed, none came from patients, health care professionals or patient families--none alleged any harm to patients. The medical board initiated multiple investigations. In 2003 Dr. Mikuriya had a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge which resulted in the worst of the allegations being dismissed. (Dismissed charges included unprofessional conduct and incompetence.) However, Dr. Mikuriya was convicted for negligence and failing to keep adequate records. In April of 2004 he was placed on probation which includes a practice monitor, cost recovery ($70,000), and various other indecencies. Appeals of all charges are pending and continue.

This page and the associated links contain all of the legal documents in this matter, as well as interpretations of why it occurred and the politics that surround it by Dr. Mikuriya. All of these materials are being made available to the public and any interested party as a means for Dr. Tod to show that this entire production was--and remains--a political action and has nothing to do with patient care and/or harm.

MAIN: That is this page, it is the entryway to the MedicoLegal section of this site.

BACKGROUND: Gives the history of the "investigation" and some of the background surrounding it.

DOCUMENTS: All of the legal documentation concerning the investigation, hearing, and appeals. Some of the documents are rather large, most are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

CONTEXT: The political context that this all occurred within. From the Clinton Whitehouse to the Lockyer administration.