MEDICAL MARIJUANA: SAFE TO USE

I'm responding the the outstanding column by Dr. Ronald Frasier:
"Arizona could make medical marijuana a reality." I'd like to add
that one of the medications prescribed by my personal physician for
my arthritis pain and inflammation, has the rare potential side
effect of death. In other words, if I take this medication as
prescribed, I can die as a result.

On the other hand, marijuana has never been documented to kill a
single person in the 5,000 year history of its use. For me, marijuana
is the more effective medication. Right now, if adult citizens of
Arizona opt for the safer and more effective medication, they are
subject to arrest and being sent to jail with violent criminals. Is
something wrong with this situation? I think so.

Shouldn't adult citizens have the freedom to choose what goes into
their own bodies in the privacy of their own homes?

KIRK MUSE MESA