Your editorial endorsing Prop.215 ("Yes on 215: Medical pot," Oct. 8)
showed the dispassionate, reasoned argument that is often lacking public
discussions about drug policy.

Opponents have tried to associate the initiative with criminality, hoping
to spur the media into mindless sensationalism. But the press and the
people of California are responding sensibly to the earnest and passionate
sick people who say they need this medicine.

Michael Sussman