MEDICAL MARIJUANA - MAINE ENLIGHTENS UP

So far it's mostly a coastal thing, but the relaxed attitude about
medical marijuana is spreading. Voters in Maine endorsed its use by a
60-40 margin.

They join voters in California, Alaska, Oregon, Washington and, moving
inland, Arizona. Nevada is halfway through a two-step process of approval.

We suspect the trend is based on two factors. One is a conviction that
people suffering from cancer, or other diseases for which marijuana
offers relief from pain or spasms, should have the right to decide for
themselves what remedies to use.

Second is a feeling that marijuana is not the menace that the warriors
who lead the drug war want us to believe it is.

Count Maine as sane in the fight against pain.