Pubdate: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 Source: St. Petersburg Times (FL) Copyright: 2010 St. Petersburg Times Contact: http://www.sptimes.com/letters/ Website: http://www.tampabay.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/419 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n319/a04.html Author: C. Mangialardi-Diaz THE REAL HAZARD Re: To ease pain, he risks prison. April 22 This poor fellow is being made to suffer needlessly. The story cites a state statistic, "Prescription drugs kill six Floridians a day," but there's no mention of how many people overdose and die on pot. Maybe it's because none do. Dangerous, potentially fatal drugs like OxyContin and morphine are prescribed regularly, but smoking marijuana lands a quadriplegic in jail. What's wrong with that picture? C. Mangialardi-Diaz, New Port Richey - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake