VOTE YES FOR AMENDMENT 20

To The Summit Daily,

In reference to Medical-Marijuana not to include warning,
9/8/00:

Dear Editor,

Thank you for bringing this story to our attention.

I believe Former U.S. Attorney Mike Norton and like kind are perpetuating
lies. The story shows how the war is limping on its last leg of
ignorance. To put a warning in the Election Blue Book is not only
unacceptable but is another move to perpetuate the war for profit. The
statement that "it would send the wrong message to children" to use medical
marijuana is scary in light of the overwhelming evidence that marijuana is
a medical and scientific reality. To say to children that it is not
medically worthy and that we need to cage our sick neighbors for using
marijuana medically is going to really send the wrong message to our children.

After my son died of Leukemia I was able to find out more about the
specifics of medical marijuana for Cancer & Chemotherapy treatment and now
I know that it not only helps people eat but can eliminate the sever nausea
associated w/ the chemo that keeps them from eating to begin with. Instead
my 17 year old perhaps suffered that great additional discomfort for the
name of a war for profit against the American people. Medical Science &
compassion can bring True light to the issue yet Norton & his ilk want
nothing of the TRUTH in regards to medical marijuana. I was not able to
locate any information during my son's treatment about the use of marijuana
and since have gotten a computer that has helped in getting this info. I
suggest that if your family has to decide between health or obeying the law
you already know what I am talking about. Statistics point out that every
average American family will have to face Cancer.

Today most Americans know that reefer is no big deal. To put someone in
jail for using it medically is a SIN! Three Ontario Appeals Court Justices
unanimously ruled unconstitutional the laws making marijuana illegal, at
the beginning of August 2000, & stating among other things that the law
represents an embarrassing history based on misinformation and racism.

Now a plea to those who are not registered to vote. My family depends on
your vote to make medical marijuana available to sick people. In
California more people voted for the medical marijuana initiative than for
the presidency. I ask that if normally you shun the election process that
in this years election you will help show a real message of support voting
to approve Amendment 20 even if you vote for nothing else on the
ballot. What a message!

Finally, I believe that the people that vote to put their neighbor in a
cage for using cannabis are the problem in society, not cannabis.

Thank you again,

Stan White
116 Climax Dr.
Dillon, CO
80435