Pubdate: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2004 The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper. Contact: http://www.baltimoresun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Author: Deborah G. Adams Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) Note: All were titled Why deny relief to people in pain? Individual titles by MAPinc WHY ARE WE DISCUSSING IT? The people who are asking for the medicinal use of marijuana are sick. They are trying to exist; they are trying to live from day to day. So how did this ever get to be a government issue? Why are we discussing it? This is between doctors and their patients. I don't care what they have to take to feel better -- feeling better is the whole deal. Give patients whatever drug it takes, no matter what it is, if their doctor approves. It's not anyone else's business, least of all the government's. Deborah G. Adams, Ellicott City - --- MAP posted-by: Derek