Headline: Reno doesn't rap 'Brown'

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) Attorney General Janet Reno has declined to
join in criticism of the television show, "Murphy Brown," saying she hadn't
seen Wednesday night's episode in which the title character uses marijuana
to cope with chemotherapy nausea following breast cancer.

Wednesday, Tom Constantine, chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration,
said the fictional marijuana use sent the wrong message to young people.

Today, Reno said: "I didn't see the program, so as usual I can't comment. I
think we have got to recognize and be very concerned about the dangers of
marijuana."

Reno rarely watches TV, except for baseball games, especially her beloved
Florida Marlins.

But Reno added, "With respect to he medical use of marijuana, the National
Institute of Health is addressing that issue now, and I think that's where
the sensitive, critical issues on the medical use of marijuana should be
addressed in the first place."

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