The flaws in Amendment 20, be they what they are, are directly related to the unwillingness of state and federal lawmakers to draft reasonable medical marijuana legislation on their own. If marijuana circumvents the normal prescription drug route, it is only because the federal government has refused to allow widespread testing of the drug and continues its indefensible Schedule I labeling of cannabis in general. Sometimes, the public has to draft whatever can work in the short term to overcome the stubborn and irrational intransigence of those who claim to lead us. Let's face it, Amendment 20 will win in November, and I will be proud to vote for it. A vote against Amendment 20 is a vote for continued unconscionable criminal prosecution of the sick and dying. JOHN CORBETT, Highlands Ranch
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