MEDICAL MARIJUANA A PIPE DREAM

I've served as South Dakota Elks' Drug Awareness chairman for 25
years. It's been my responsibility to make Elks lodges and communities
more aware of the dangers involved in using illegal drugs. I'm against
any kind of legalization of marijuana. I've seen how devastating the
use of this drug can be.

Should marijuana be made legal for medicinal use? I could write a
considerable amount on why this is a bad idea.

In the states that have such laws, five plants have been allowed to be
grown in the homes of those who've received a prescription. One
marijuana plant produces approximately one pound of useable marijuana,
which equals approximately 1,176 marijuana cigarettes.

Five pounds of marijuana equals approximately 5,880 marijuana
cigarettes .. times four crops a year equals 23,520 marijuana
cigarettes per year .. divided by 52 weeks equals 452-plus marijuana
cigarettes per week .. divided by 7 days per week equals 64 plus
marijuana cigarettes a day per prescription.

Look at this information carefully before you vote.

John K. Cornette, Yankton