Pubdate: Mon, 30 Jul 2012
Source: Sacramento Bee (CA)
Copyright: 2012 The Sacramento Bee
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Author: Harvey Swenson
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n361/a06.html

MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS A SMOKESCREEN FOR COMPLETE LEGALIZATION

Re "Science supporting medicinal pot is clear" (Viewpoints, July 25):
Earlier this year, I stood around a campfire as a member of our group
who bakes cannabis brownies for a "medical marijuana" store eagerly
distributed some of his wares. As he did, he enthusiastically
described how easy it was to get a medical pot card. Perhaps out of
courtesy or curiosity, two obvious non-users in the group ate his
offerings, even though both were going to be driving long distances
the next morning, and THC ingested in this manner stays active much
longer than when inhaled.

This, not the good research being done by UC San Diego and UC San
Francisco, is the reality of most medical marijuana use in California.
Paul Armentano's professed concern for medical use of cannabis is but
a smokescreen for the complete legalization NORML seeks.

- -- Harvey Swenson, Sacramento
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MAP posted-by: Matt