BLOWING SMOKE ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Nicole Brochu's telling missive, "Florida lawmakers tilting at
windmills with medical marijuana bill," reminds us of a century of
propaganda.

The overwhelming majority of pot smokers do not move to harder drugs
and are subject to arrest, asset forfeiture and incarceration for a
substance that never killed anyone and might well prove to be the link
to a cure for cancer if allowed to be fully studied. Furthermore, we
must try something other than fear-mongering and make-work efforts for
the law enforcement industrial complex.

When America awoke to a greater regulation for alcohol and tobacco
sales, many risks these substances posed to our youth and the
community were curtailed. The same will one day be said for marijuana.

Best of luck, Rep. Clemens. You are the new wave in sensibility in
politics that is a breath of fresh air.

Peter Christopher, Hurdle Mills, N.C.