ARGUMENTS DRAW LINE: CRIMINALS VS. PATIENTS

Your editorial "Don't make a bad marijuana law worse" (Feb. 4) claims
that Oregon's medical marijuana "law is clearly being abused in a big
way." The evidence you give to support this claim is that 16,000
people have medical marijuana cards.

Who are these people? They're your neighbors and co-workers. Their
doctors have determined that medical marijuana is appropriate
medication for them. They suffer from a long list of conditions (see
www.letfreedomgrow.com/cmu/DrTodHMikuriya_list.htm ) and they do not
use marijuana to get "stoned." They use it to be normal, functioning
human beings.

Cannabis medicine has re-entered mainstream medical practice. One out
of every four doctors in Oregon has recommended medical marijuana. It
is time to accept this and stop persecuting people based on the
medicine they use.

Arthur Livermore

National director

American Alliance for Medical Cannabis

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