LEGISLATIVE LEADERS COOL TO LEGALIZING MEDICAL POT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Legislative leaders in Wisconsin are cool to the
idea of legalizing medical marijuana.

In separate interviews, neither Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker of
Weston nor Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan of Janesville expressed
support for the proposal. Decker says more work needs to be done on
the bill.

And Sheridan says he needs more information before he can take a
position.

Sheridan says lawmakers have to be careful that legalizing marijuana
for medical reasons doesn't become a "slippery slope" toward full
legalization of pot.

Backers of legalizing medical marijuana say it will help the
chronically ill deal with pain. But opponents including the Wisconsin
Medical Society say there are better and more effective alternatives.