REGULATE MARIJUANA LIKE TOBACCO, BUT STRICTER

Re Nicole Brochu's column, "Florida lawmaker's tilting at windmills
with medical marijuana bill":

There is a real concern that the rules might be so ambiguous that an
underage person can get a prescription to, say, treat a hangnail. This
is already happening in other states, in spite of good-faith attempts
to provide a tightly controlled, heavily regulated environment. The
English language is proving to be too ambiguous to draw a clear line
between what is legal and what is not. And an ambiguous law often
causes more damage than it prevents.

The solution is to regulate marijuana like tobacco, only stricter.
Prosecute anyone selling to kids or buying for kids. No exceptions.
Sure, there will be some leakage, but it is the least destructive way
to get legitimate patients out of the drug war.

John Chase, Palm Harbor