DOC KNOWS BEST

A father in my congregation shared this story with me about his
30-year-old son, who was cited twice for very small amounts of
marijuana found in his car during traffic stops.

The young man was remanded to the county "mental health court" that
sent him for psychiatric treatment. They put him on several drugs
designed to treat him for mild "anxiety disorder."

Several months later he complained of acute abdominal pain and was
taken to the emergency room where they discovered he was suffering
from pancreatitis. The doctor explained to the father that the
probable cause was all the prescription drugs he was taking for
anxiety, and that he needed to be off them.

When the father asked the doctor what the boy should be taking
instead, the doctor discretely suggested: "A little bit of
marijuana." Go figure.

RABBI BRUCE DIAMOND

Fort Myers