GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS TELLING US HOW TO TREAT PAIN

I do not understand the Supreme Court's decision banning the use of
marijuana for medicinal purposes ("Justices rule out medical
marijuana," May 15).

It is not the government's place to tell people what methods or
substances they can use to alleviate their pain. If a squadron of
police officers and judges believes that ripping a joint out of the
hands of a person suffering from cancer or AIDS is justice, then they
are mistaken.

Citizens should be outraged by this assault upon the most vulnerable among us.

And anyone who is not willing to walk in another person's shoes
shouldn't attempt to tell him or her what method to use to reduce the
excruciating pain associated with some of these ailments.

Michael DeCicco
Severn