LETTER MISSED MARK ON MARIJUANA

Regarding Tina Gummerson's letter about medical marijuana.

As soon as she mentioned her profession in drug prevention, I knew she
would be regurgitating anti-pot propaganda, and she didn't disappoint,
because nobody who makes their living off prohibition is going to want
the truth to come out.

To address her major point: smoking marijuana is bad. Evidently she
missed the biggest study ever on pot smoking by UCLA doctor Donald
Tashkin who concluded that marijuana smoking doesn't cause lung cancer
or emphysema and seems to even prevent cancer. Look it up.

Jeff Meyers, Ventura, Calif.