Pubdate: Wed, 13 Nov 2002
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
Copyright: 2002 Hearst Communications Inc.
Contact:  http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388
Author: Gerald Sutliff

MEDICAL POT DEFENDED (1 OF 3)

Editor -- Joseph Perkins' chortling column about the defeat of marijuana 
reform around the country is a hard one for reformers to take ("Voters see 
pot reform for what it is," Nov. 11). He accuses us of being well-funded 
while we sweep against the tide of a $20 billion-plus federal budget and 
the clout it brings in.

More important, he fails to explain why access to marijuana without risk of 
criminal persecution for those who need it, medically or recreationally, is 
an evil thing. He can't do that without mounting a pulpit.

GERALD M. SUTLIFF

Oakland
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