MEDICAL USE OF POT FAILS TO GET HOUSE OK

Marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and should not be legalized for
medical use,the House said in a resolution passed 310-93 Tuesday.

Efforts to legalize marijuana for medical use in several states, including
California, are sending the wrong message to teen-agers and the nation as a
whole, supporters of the resolution said during debate on the House floor.
The sponsor of the bill, Rep. Bill McCollum, R-Fla., said repeated
scientific testing has not proved a medical use for marijuana.

Some Democrats, however, accused Republicans of grand-standing in order to
win more votes in the November congressional elections. Scientists should be
allowed to continue to study the drug, said Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass.

Checked-by: Rolf Ernst