MEDICAL-MARIJUANA BILL RAISES CONCERNS

I read the Feb. 8 Associated Press article, "Bill would allow
medical-marijuana users to be fired for failing drug tests." I agree
with Andrea Meyer of the ACLU who said in the article that "This bill
doesn't make us any safer."

That this amendment would apply to medical-marijuana and not other
prescriptions indicates that zero-tolerance is a simplistic way to
approach a complex issue. Legalizing and taxing the use of
non-THC-bearing hemp would be no less complex but much more
productive especially considering the expanding bio-fuel industry in
Oregon and the exploding cost of building products.

Victor T. Reppeto

Salem