Pubdate: Sun, 4 Jul 2010
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2010 Daniel Williams
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n491/a09.html
Author: Daniel Williams

THE RISING TRADE IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA

To the Editor:

I find it tragically ironic that after so many years of cannabis 
prohibition - with the last 40 or so being especially intense - 
governments have decided to try to recoup some of their wasted 
billions on that effort via various regulatory schemes involving 
legalized medical marijuana.

Government once vilified and hunted down users of marijuana as if 
they were dogs. Now it is trying to make money off of the same plant, 
with a perverse twist on the old saying, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em."

Daniel Williams

Bonita Springs, Fla.
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