MICHAEL HARRIS issued the following opinion about marijuana smokers in your
newspaper (April 2): "But it pays to remember that there is only one reason
people smoke dope: to feel good without actually doing anything in
particular to justify or sustain that feeling. Dope is a magic potion that
temporarily transforms dumpy lives." Well, I can think of at least one
other reason why someone would wish to smoke cannabis: to stay alive. When
Harris gets bored with cozying up to the Reform party, perhaps he should
take the time to ask Terry Parker or Lynn Harichy about the difference
marijuana makes to their "dumpy" lives.

Kelly T. Conlon Hamilton

(Perhaps he was referring to those who smoke it illegally for other than
medicinal purposes?)