Pubdate: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 Source: Gainesville Sun, The (FL) Copyright: 2014 The Gainesville Sun Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/yMmn4Ifw Website: http://www.gainesville.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/163 Author: Allan Zimmermann Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n480/a02.html ISSUE OF COMPASSION =09 It is so refreshing to see a courageous physician like Dr. Joseph Rosado take a public stand on behalf of medical marijuana (column, June 1). I know that many other health care clinicians agree with him. What Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell wrote in her May 25 column is misleading. She should be ashamed. It is tragic that so many people who could benefit from medical marijuana have the least access to it. This is truly an issue of compassion =C3=A2=C2=80" to lighten the burden of chronic, debilitating, painful, crushing illnesses suffered so often by the elderly. Republicans and Democrats should join together to vote yes on Amendment 2. Floridians will be much better for it. Please remember in November to be compassionate. Vote yes on Amendment 2. Allan Zimmermann, Gainesville - --- MAP posted-by: Matt