Pubdate: Sat, 20 Feb 2016
Source: Bradenton Herald (FL)
Copyright: 2016 Bradenton Herald
Contact: http://www.bradenton.com/submit-letter/
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/58
Author: Mike McLeod

DON'T ALLOW THE SMOKING OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN FLORIDA AMENDMENT PROPOSAL

In response to the Feb. 14 Bradenton Herald editorial "Surrendering 
control on medical marijuana," I hope and pray this legislation to 
allow people to "smoke" marijuana for so-called medical purposes never passes.

What needs to be passed is legislation allowing for the "pill" or 
"oil" that contains the medical support that comes from marijuana. 
The only reason people want to smoke marijuana is to get high!

This would be detrimental to our society and to our youth growing up. 
There is simply no reason to allow our society to get high on 
marijuana when the ingredients in cannabis can be issued by a medical 
doctor in the form of a "pill" or "oil" prescriptions.

Smoking marijuana is just as bad or worse for your lungs and other 
parts of the human body as regular tobacco. Once people get used to 
the "high" that comes from smoking cannabis, they like to move on to 
something a bit stronger and dangerous. If this legislation passes in 
its current form, someday you will see an increase in the current 
epidemic of the use of heroin.

I would ask our best hope that truly works for the greater good of 
society and that is our friend, Rep. Greg Steube, to stop it and change it!

Oh, verify parental permission for minors to get the medical 
marijuana? Give me a break.

Mike McLeod

Palmetto
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