KEEP MIND OPEN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Medical marijuana will be on the November ballot ...
again.

In 1996, Arizona was the first state to approve medical marijuana,
but the Arizona Legislature passed legislation overturning most of
the initiative.

Then in 1998, Arizona voters approved an initiative making it more
difficult for legislators to tamper with voter-approved initiatives
in the future.

It's time for Arizona to stop arresting people with serious medical
conditions for using marijuana.

Some people argue it's not medicine. It is. I know because it's the
only thing I've found that relieves the nerve pain I have in my legs
and feet. I suffer from chronic pain; morphine works on some of my
pain, but not the shooting electrical nerve pain.

I can't think of anything worse than suffering from a debilitating
chronic condition and being arrested for using the only thing that
works.

All one need do is look at the TV commercials, one group, drug
companies, trying to get you to buy their prescription drugs, and the
other group, the attorneys suing the drug companies for injuries and
deaths caused by FDA-approved drugs.

Marijuana has been tested for 5,000 years, and no deaths
yet.

Please, keep an open mind as we debate this subject prior to the
vote.

Jay Fleming

Mohave Valley

EDITOR's NOTE: Jay Fleming claims to be a former narcotics
investigator and speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition at
www.leap.cc. Check out his new blog at kdminer.com.