SHOW SOME COMPASSION

Don't believe John English (letters, April 10). Shame on English for
trying to spread his propaganda. Shame on him for thinking he knows
something about the pain of so many people who suffer from nausea
because of the toxic effects of trying to cure their cancers.

There have been many attempts to isolate active ingredients in
marijuana, but none have been successful enough to be as effective in
delivering the medicinal ingredients as inhalation of the smoke. There
are myriad other reasons for allowing the chronically ill - people
with back-injuries, the arthritic, migraine sufferers and AIDS
patients - to make the choice of how to medicate themselves.

Self-righteous zealots such as English are the spawn of all that is
capable of making my nightmares come true. English should experience
just one day of my migraines. That would be poetic justice, since he's
one of their many causes.

Mark S. Vincent

Eugene