Pubdate: Wed, 01 Oct 2014
Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Copyright: 2014 Orlando Sentinel
Contact:  http://www.orlandosentinel.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/325
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Author: Paul Miller
Page: A14

VOTE FOR MEDICINE?

It's interesting to me that the electorate gets to approve or 
disapprove a "medicine" - medical marijuana. If we can do this, why 
can't we approve blood pressure medicine or diabetes medicine?

If we really want to treat marijuana as a true medicine, then it 
ought to be prescription-only and available only through pharmacies, 
as are other medications. At least then we would have some idea of 
who made it and what's in it, and the Food and Drug Administration 
would have oversight. Lots of luck with that if Amendment 2 passes.

Paul Miller

The Villages
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