POT STATEMENTS MISGUIDED

As campaign director of Proposal 1, I would like to respond to
opponents' misguided statements from the article "Flint pot vote
mostly symbolic [Feb. 5, Page A1].

Flint City Council President Darryl Buchanan, who opposes the
initiative, says that he can't speak about this from a medical
standpoint. If this is the case, then on what grounds can he oppose
this medically centered proposal?

Mr. Buchanan thinks that allowing doctors to recommend medicine to
help sick and dying patients somehow sends the wrong message to kids
about drugs.

If he was concerned about the children, then he might wonder what
effect it has on children to watch their parents and grandparents
suffer unnecessarily due to inability to receive life-improving medication.

Unnamed opponents point to the level of crime in Flint as a reason to
vote against medical marijuana. I fail to follow this logic. A vote
yes on this issue would free up police resources currently wasted
persecuting patients.

Brian Morrissey

Flint Coalition for Compassionate Care