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PROBLEMS WITH POT PILLS

"A Fathers Tale" ( Dec.  3 ) demonstrates only one of the known problems with the "pill form" of marijuana - that people suffering from sever nausea can't keep a pill down.  Others problems include the fact the pill contains only one of sixty known active cannabinoids, these other cannabinoids have been shown to be quite effective in clinical trials in Great Britain. 

The dosage is extremely difficult to control, even with varying available doses, most patients complain that they get too "high" with no relief, or get no relief at all - evidence that natural cannabinoids work in conjunction to provide relief. 

The time the pill takes to provide relief can take up to a hour and a half in some cases.  Smoking cannabis may seem crude by today's standards, but it is in fact the most effective means of delivering the cannabinoids directly to the blood stream.  Vaporization, another means of inhalation is as effective as smoking while eliminating the particulate matter ( smoke ) from the process. 

The ultimate irony of the marijuana pill is that despite the insistence by the government that "marijuana has no medical use", they also insist that people who may "benefit from marijuana" take a synthetic cannabis pill instead. 

Marijuana should be regulated for medical use, and government should stay out of the business of patients and their doctors. 

Jim White Vice President, Ohio Patient Network Oregon, Ohio