CONGRESS NOT CONCERNED WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANT

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton's concern over the message sent to kids when
government representatives are above the law and not tested for drugs is
misplaced and hypocritical. Most members of Congress and the Senate voted
for House Resolution 3194. This new law, for the first time in American
history, overturned an American election which had legalized the medical
use of marijuana in Washington DC. Most Americans are in favor of medical
marijuana (69 percent voted in favor off proposition 59). What message is
sent to kids? You should all vote, but if we don't like the results, we
will negate them.

Bob Melamede
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Vermont