RESPONSIBLE RELIEF

I suffer from chronic lower back pain and am a medical cannabis
patient ("Pot law: a scam," Sept. 3). And I don't like the idea that
San Bernardino County wants to fight to overturn California's Medical
Marijuana Program Act.

For six years, I was taking a powerful painkiller. It almost killed me
- -- thank you, Food and Drug Administration.

Then I tried cannabis, and at least I could think and be creative and
not act like a drunk, or so says my wife, who is a registered nurse.

So please, foes of legal, medicinal marijuana, go shut down drugstores
that peddle drugs to little old ladies in pain. Oh, and don't forget
to shut down your liquor stores, too.

Lawrence Gallegos Sr.

Moreno Valley