3 REASONS MEDICAL POT IS JUST SMOKE

A letter writer bemoans the fact that medical professionals are not
fully supportive of medical marijuana ("Doctors hiding from
medical-pot law," Letter, Wednesday). I can think of three reasons: 1.
Under federal law, marijuana is illegal. 2. The FDA, which puts new
drugs through rigorous trials, has found no evidence that marijuana
reduces pain. 3. If there was an ingredient in marijuana that did ease
pain, wouldn't some pharmaceutical firm have identified it by now? And
packaged it for sale in a legal manner? Doctors are doing the right
thing by being skeptical about this latest snake-oil remedy.

Edson F. Allen

Sun City West