Although Canadian organizations have been slow to support medicinal marijuana, many US health and medical organizations have taken favorable positions on medicinal marijuana, including the AMA, AIDS Action Council, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Public Health Association, the Lymphoma Foundation of America, the National Association of People With AIDS, the Multiple Sclerosis California Action Network, and several state nurses' associations.
Bien que les organismes canadiens soient lents à appuyer l’usage de la marijuana à des fins médicales, beaucoup d’organismes de santé et médicaux américains ont adopté des positions favorables dont l’American Medical Association, l’AIDS Action Council, l’American Academy of Family Physicians, l’American Public Health Association, la Lymphoma Foundation of America, la National Association of People With Aids, le Multiple Sclerosis California Action Network, et plusieurs associations nationales d’infirmières.