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Coalition Partners and Endorsements

• RI Medical Society,

• RI Academy of Family Physicians,

• RI State Nurses Association,

• RI State Council of Churches,

• RI Psychiatric Society,

• RI Health Center Association,

• RI Public Health Association,

• United Nurses and Allied Professionals,

• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, RI chapter,

• AIDS Care Ocean State,

• AIDS Project RI,

• Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP),

• RI affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union (RI ACLU),

• RI Office of the Public Defender,

• Family Service of RI,

• National Association of Social Workers, RI chapter,

• Senior Agenda Coalition (includes: Alliance for Retired Americans, RI; Alzheimer's Association RI; Coalition for Consumer Justice; Forum on Aging; Gray Panthers; Homefront Healthcare; Hope Alzheimer’s Center; Meals on Wheels; NRI Community Services; Providence Teachers Retirees Chapter; Rhodes to Independence; RI Adult Day Centers Association; RI Assisted Living Association; RI Federal Retirees; Senior Action in a Gay Environment; Silver Haired Legislature, RI; Westerly Adult Day Services),

• Ocean State Action (includes: Clean Water Action, Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees Local 217, National Association of Social Workers RI, National Education Association RI, New England Health Care Employees Union District 1199, RI Alliance for Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights, RI chapter of National Organization for Women, 2 to 1: Coalition to Preserve Choice, United Auto Workers Region 9A, United Nurses & Allied Professionals),
  

• both of Rhode Island's chapters of the American Medical Students Association, at Brown University and at Brown University Medical School,

• and chapters of Students for Sensible Drug Policy at Brown University, Rhode Island College, and the University of Rhode Island.

• RIPAC's mission and medical marijuana are also endorsed by: Providence Mayor David Cicilline, URI President Robert Carothers, Brown University AIDS Program Director Dr. Kenneth Mayer, RI Attorney General Patrick Lynch, Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies founder Dr. David Lewis, and Dr. Jody Rich (Professor of Medicine and Community Health at Brown Medical School and Attending Physician at The Miriam Hospital).