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SENS.  FOLMER, LEACH ARE WRONG; DON'T LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA

The "Compassionate Use Of Medical Cannabis Act" sponsored by Sen.  Mike Folmer and Sen.  Daylin Leach is being promoted to help children with debilitating diseases.  The non-psychoactive cannabidiol ( CBD ) that is being marketed for kids is not without risks.  The National Institute of Health reported that CBD stores in the liver and causes sterility problems.

The senators' proposal will allow medical cannabis farmers who are cannabis patients to keep up to 25 percent of their crop.  Marijuana will be permitted for smoking and vaporization purposes in public places.  Because physicians and patients will be given immunity, written certifications may be given to persons with substance abuse problems through legal loopholes like "debilitating medical conditions" and "severe and chronic pain."

The mandate will cost taxpayers millions from bureaucracy and other aspects of the bill.  Recently, Pennsylvania's Secretary of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Gary Tennis, said that "in most states where marijuana has been legalized, it's served as a 'Trojan Horse' for recreational use." By legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania we will transform the war on drugs into a "war on our society." Marijuana is not medicine but a dangerous drug.

MARCIA BRUNELLI, Upper Darby Twp., Delaware Co.