SUPPORT MEDICAL MARIJUANA

I recently read about Joseph Casias being terminated from Wal-mart in
Michigan. In 2008 he was "associate of the year," and shortly
thereafter was diagnosed with sinus cancer and a brain tumor. His
doctors prescribed medical marijuana -- legal in Michigan -- as part
of his treatment for the pain.

When he tested positive for marijuana during a drug test, Wal-mart
terminated him under their drug policy. Such intolerance toward
medical marijuana patients is reprehensible. More than 80 percent of
Americans now support medical use of pot to treat pain. In fact, Rep.
Maurice Hinchey, said "it was unconscionable that the federal
government had previously sought to not only deny but arrest and
prosecute medical marijuana patients who are using the drug in
accordance with state law to relieve pain and nausea."

Thank you, Congressman Hinchey, for your efforts in Congress to
mandate such a policy regarding medical marijuana.

Gloria Whitmore

Owego