Pubdate: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 2013 San Jose Mercury News Contact: http://www.mercurynews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390 Author: Max Steinke MARIJUANA REGULATIONS WILL DEPRIVE PATIENTS If the San Jose City Council is setting rules limiting the areas were marijuana can be sold to protect the children of San Jose, it is looking at the wrong drug. Per the CDC, teenage use of alcohol is almost double that of marijuana. And while the danger of marijuana use is low, alcohol use is not. Many news stories about fights, rapes and traffic deaths indicate that alcohol use was a factor. The major effect of this law will be to make it more difficult for AIDS, cancer and other patients to get the legal medicine they depend on to get through their day. Max Steinke San Jose - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom