Editor, Naples Daily News:

What nonsense are two recent letters that seek to diffuse concerns about marijuana by citing the greater evils of cocaine and methamphetamine. Such letters are just another ploy in the efforts of pro-pot forces to legalize marijuana along with such state initiatives as so-called "medical marijuana."

There are over 10,000 scientific studies on marijuana, none of which have shown the drug to be either safe or effective for any medical condition; in fact no other illegal drug causes such a broad range of cellular damage as does marijuana.

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