MEDICAL MARIJUANA DENIED

Regarding your editorial, "Medical research on marijuana right" on the
Clinton administration opening its supply of medical marijuana to
private researchers, this action is not the capitulation it appears to
be.

The new regulations do not go into effect until December, then there
will be additional delays as research proposals are evaluated. The
current policies that criminalize patients who need medical marijuana
will remain in place.

There is no justification for continuing the federal prohibition on
medical marijuana. The regulations should be rescheduled so physicians
can prescribe it. Compassion and justice demand no less.

Gary Storck,
Madison, Wis