Pubdate: Wed, 28 May 2003 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2003 The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper. Contact: http://www.sunspot.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Author: Julia Dietz MEDICAL MARIJUANA POSES LITTLE THREAT Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s decision to sign the medical marijuana legislation was absolutely appropriate ("Ehrlich also endorses medical marijuana bill," May 23), especially since the state of Maryland is among the highest in the nation for cancer deaths. A cancer patient's quality of life suffers tremendously. If marijuana contributes to any improvement in a cancer patient's quality of life then by all means he or she should be allowed to use it without fear or guilt. What I don't understand is the big hoopla by the Bush administration that this is the first step toward drug legalization. Marijuana is no more dangerous or addictive than legal drugs. Just because a drug is legal does not make it safe. Julia Dietz Abingdon - --- MAP posted-by: Tom