Pubdate: Thu, 06 May 2010 Source: Chicago Tribune (IL) Copyright: 2010 Chicago Tribune Company Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/IuiAC7IZ Website: http://www.chicagotribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/82 Author: Karel Ares GETTING THE STORY STRAIGHT ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA I want to thank the Tribune for finally presenting well-researched, factual information about the lack of medical research supporting marijuana as medicine. The public has been misled about the potential medical uses of marijuana and they need to know the truth. Your article will help counter the significant amount of misinformation being distributed about this drug. I hope that more media will follow your example and dig deeper into the facts about marijuana from reliable sources before Illinois slides down the slippery slope of marijuana legalization. Karel Ares, Executive Director, Prevention First, Springfield, Ill. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom