News (Media Awareness Project) - US: PUB LTE: War Against Medical Marijuana Causes Misery |
Title: | US: PUB LTE: War Against Medical Marijuana Causes Misery |
Published On: | 1999-02-26 |
Source: | USA Today (US) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-28 18:36:51 |
Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey's favorite phrase is "at the end of the
day." Rumor has it that the end of McCaffrey's day as a drug czar is
at hand.
McCaffrey knows the drug war can't be "won" and that after he has
earned enough purple hearts, it is time for a new assignment ("DEA
chief: Drug fight lacks desire," News, Feb, 19).
I, too, am at the end of my day. I am an AIDS patient who for two
years successfully used medical marijuana to keep down the
life-saving, but nausea-producing "combination cocktail" therapy.
I was arrested last July on federal medical marijuana charges.
Deprived of the only anti-nausea medication that seems to work for me,
my AIDS is out of control. Meanwhile, I am facing probable death.
McCaffrey's holy war against medical marijuana set the federal tenor.
I hope that at the end of his day he reflects on the unnecessary
misery his continued opposition to medical marijuana has caused.
Peter McWilliams,
Los Angeles, Calif.
day." Rumor has it that the end of McCaffrey's day as a drug czar is
at hand.
McCaffrey knows the drug war can't be "won" and that after he has
earned enough purple hearts, it is time for a new assignment ("DEA
chief: Drug fight lacks desire," News, Feb, 19).
I, too, am at the end of my day. I am an AIDS patient who for two
years successfully used medical marijuana to keep down the
life-saving, but nausea-producing "combination cocktail" therapy.
I was arrested last July on federal medical marijuana charges.
Deprived of the only anti-nausea medication that seems to work for me,
my AIDS is out of control. Meanwhile, I am facing probable death.
McCaffrey's holy war against medical marijuana set the federal tenor.
I hope that at the end of his day he reflects on the unnecessary
misery his continued opposition to medical marijuana has caused.
Peter McWilliams,
Los Angeles, Calif.
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