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To the editor:

Joseph Manhardt wonders which state will write back with a
carefully-crafted letter to question his analysis of medical marijuana (May
24, "Pot hardly a wonder drug"). In this case it is Washington State.

I read his letter on a Web site called the Media Awareness Project at
www.mapinc.org. As of this writing, MAP has posted 58,813 drug-war related
articles from newspapers, magazines and journals all over the world. The
Web site is updated with new articles many times a day. Anyone with an
interest in drug policy can get various perspectives from publications in
Ireland, Thailand, Jamaica, Iran, Great Britain, Colombia and, yes, Bath,
Maine.

Each article contains a link to the Web site of the original published
work, as well as a link to respond with a letter to the editor, hence my
letter right now. MAP "globalizes" local papers. I'll bet that it is the
number one reason why out-of-state people are responding.

I encourage all interested readers to check out www.mapinc.org, read a
variety of articles from around the world and draw their own conclusions.

Freedom has nothing to fear from the truth.

Kevin Nelson
Bow, WA