Pubdate: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 Source: Sun News (SC) Copyright: 2001 Sun Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.thesunnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/987 Author: Joseph P. Lolli MARIJUANA Legalize This Drug After Court Ruling It's not very often that I agree with a Democrat, but last month Congressman Barney Frank, D-Mass., filed a bill that would change federal law to legalize the use of medical marijuana and effectively overturn a recent Supreme Court decision. Frank proposed this bill because, even though eight sovereign states have passed laws legalizing the use of medical marijuana, the federal government continues to arrest and prosecute cancer, AIDS and glaucoma patients who use the drug. On April 3, Frank introduced H.R. 1344, the "States' Right to Medical Marijuana Act." The bill would amend the federal Controlled Substances Act to allow physicians to recommend medical marijuana and allow patients to use it, without facing federal charges. Please ask your congressman to co-sponsor H.R.1344. Joseph P. Lolli Edisto Island - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart