Pubdate: Tue, 27 Aug 2013
Source: Albuquerque Journal (NM)
Copyright: 2013 Albuquerque Journal
Contact:  http://www.abqjournal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/10
Author: Dan Shelton
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n419/a05.html
Page: A9

LITTLE NEED TO FRET OVER MEDICAL POT

RE: JOURNAL editorial on medical marijuana Seriously Albuquerque
Journal? Thirteen thousand New Mexicans are eligible for medical
marijuana through the state program and you are already referring to
New Mexico as "a stoner's paradise"?

Any idea how many New Mexicans are on prescription medicines? My gosh,
just the TV commercials alone have disclaimers of side effects that
read like a short story. Compare that list to that of medical pot. The
relief to pain and suffering that marijuana provides to patients is
effective and real. Why the worry about the numbers?

So what if Dr. Nardacci smokes two joints a day and is the poster
doctor for patient approvals. Maybe he knows whereof he speaks and
prescribes.

The only real trouble legal medical pot growers get into is when they
are caught selling out the back door instead of the legal front door.
Hence, some growers get shut down. The state has rules and regulations
for medical marijuana and they should be allowed to do their job
without undue hassle from special interests.

Let's face it, the Rx industry and the alcohol lobby do not want
legalized or medical pot because it will severely cut into their
markets. Both of their products are way more abused and harmful than
marijuana.

Let's be real. The legalization of marijuana to all New Mexicans is
just around the corner. Economically it offers a lot to the state that
will be irresistible. Private business also.

So I would conclude that stressing over the number of New Mexicans who
are approved for medical marijuana is way down the list of the
priority of worry. ...

DAN SHELTON

Albuquerque
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