Pubdate: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2002 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.fyicalgary.com/calsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Ted Sali Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1107/a13.html?1163 Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor; headline by newshawk DOPE-HEADS BACKING MARIJUANA CAUSE Re: The letter by Wayne Phillips about Licia Corbella's column "Leave Grant Krieger alone." The marijuana community has been flogging the medical benefits of marijuana for years in a bid to get the drug legalized. The main active agent in marijuana, THC, has been available in tablet form since the 1950s. The pot smokers claim the tablet form is "not the same" as smoking the pot. The bottom line is pot smokers want the drug legalized for recreational use, not medical purposes. People are losing sight of who is backing the marijuana cause. It's a bunch of dope-heads. Ted Sali (Time for a coherent medical marijuana law.) - --- MAP posted-by: Beth