LEGALIZE POT FOR MEDICAL USES

Massachusetts has two medical marijuana bills; one in the state House
and one in the state Senate, which if passed into law would enable
patients and care providers to enter into a legally protected public
health registry and to access, grow, provide and/or use marijuana as
medicine for serious, debilitating conditions.

This reflects the widely polled voters of Massachusetts' majority
opinion that our problem is not with people smoking marijuana, but
with the ongoing wasteful expenditure of sorely needed public funds to
persecute marijuana users, some unknown number of whom are desperately
ill and suffering.

We've instructed our legislators to act with compassion and legalize
medical marijuana.

Rachel Neulander

Amherst