MEDICAL POT IS HURTING COMMUNITY

Recently I was walking downtown in our lovely Glenwood Springs with my
9-year-old granddaughter, and I had to explain to her the realities of
our numerous businesses promoting marijuana usage.

We realize that marijuana is a naturally occurring plant, and that in
2000 Coloradans approved the use of marijuana for a limited number of
life-threatening and painful diseases under the supervision of a doctor.

However as most things approved by voters for a specific use, as soon
as it's approved the lobbyists have the right to get the legislators
to morph the law in committee to conform to a liberal mindset.

We believe if a person is truly suffering and marijuana eases their
pain and they use it in a way that's legal, safe and nonintrusive to
the general public, then so be it.

But now, if you have a hangnail, then some "medical professional" will
make sure you have the proper documentation.

Let's wake up, Garfield County residents, let's take back our county
from pot smoking, tatooed, pierced medicine-providing businesses.

And a final note. These people are operating cars under the influence
of their medicine. Does that sound safe?

Raymond Vath

Glenwood Springs