Pubdate: Mon, 09 Jan 2012
Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA)
Copyright: 2012 The Press Democrat
Contact:  http://www.pressdemocrat.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/348
Author: Mark Estrada

MEDICAL MARIJUANA MESS

EDITOR: I see the feds have decided to crack down on pot dispensaries 
here in California. Perhaps this would be less of an issue had the 
state required the same oversight on this drug used with others.

I voted for this law believing the pot would be regulated and 
dispensed in the same manner other prescription drugs are -- and for 
people who would medically benefit from it -- but this is not the 
case. Pot is not produced and sold in a secure, regulated and 
monitored manner as are other prescription drugs; instead, a rag-tag 
approach is used in the growing, processing and dispensing of this 
sometimes useful drug.

California had the chance to develop a role model medical program for 
people who could benefit from this drug. Instead we have no 
structure, oversight or accountability but rather a program run by no 
one in particular. It's little wonder the feds are headed this way. I 
wish them well.

Mark Estrada

Rohnert Park
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