DON'T ARREST SUFFERING PATIENTS

If letter writer Deb Roschen takes the next logical step in her
argument against SF345, she is saying it is OK to place sick and
dying medical cannabis users in jeopardy of the law, i.e. put these
folks in jail.

That is what is happening all over the United States, even in the 11
states that have medical cannabis laws.

I understand that the California drug enforcement agency has
handcuffed cannabis paraplegics at gunpoint, and that District of
Columbia justice system put a cannabis quadriplegic in jail and he
died. There are other cases of mistreatment of medical cannabis users
across the nation.

As far as her other arguments; medicine cabinets are full of more
dangerous chemicals now, the detection of cannabis intoxication is
currently a problem and kids can easily get cannabis now.

We should remove our sick and dying from the war on drugs and not
have them deal with the justice system nor to have to deal with the
black market of drugs.

I wish that my representatives would be as courageous as Sen. Steve
Murphy, but they are all probably going to vote in favor of the
status quo and not provide a compassionate measure for those who find
relief in medical cannabis. What a shame, we might need more jails to
arrest these folk who are already suffering.

Tom Suther

Oronoco