JACKI NEVER GOT HER MEDICINE

Thank you for your articulate and well reasoned editorial about
medical marijuana. It contains one glaring error. Jackie does not
receive medical marijuana under the long closed federal Compassionate
Use program. She was certified as qualified for the program because
her doctors stated that medical marijuana gave her relief not achieved
with alternate therapies and with fewer side effects than the
alternate therapies. The federal government closed the program before
her supplies were approved. (Only 7 people currently get federal
medical marijuana.) Not only was Jackie denied the right to supplies
of the best medical therapy for her she was actually arrested several
years ago. Yes, they really do arrest severely ill people in their
homes, roughly cart them off to jail, etc.

Despite all of this Jackie's spirit remains unbroken and she
continues to be active. She strives for positive change with hope as
her organization name suggests ~ Is My Medicine Legal Yet? (IMMLY)

Caren Thomas

Glencoe, IL