MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS A FARCE, JUST LIKE 'MAGIC BEANS'

The Montana marijuana providers are afraid that their "Goose that lays
golden eggs" may fly away. Perhaps they should have planted "magic
beans" instead. Then they could climb up the stalk to get "high."

Medical marijuana is a farce, a fairy tale. I am a former federal
special agent who worked in the drug enforcement field of marijuana
and other dangerous drugs. Before I started work, I was trained in
depth and did a lot of reading about the effects. I was just coming
out of college and knew several users, therefore I was very concerned
that I honestly could enforce the anti-drug laws. Some of the reading
dated back to the time of the British Rule in India (this is where we
got the term "assasin," those who used hashish, a form of marijuana).

In all my reading, I could not find any beneficial uses of marijuana.
I also talked to a number of medical people in California and Arizona
to see if there was a valid medical use for marijuana. It was found
that prescription drugs were cheaper and more effective. The general
consensus was that a 12-pack of beer or pint of vodka would give the
same numbing effect.

The benefits of medical marijuana are nothing more than a fairy tale
recited by those who don't want to see the goose who lays "the golden
eggs" fall down the hill like Jack and Jill. I don't believe it is
because of their deep and passionate concern for the 30,000-plus
patients that providers want to stay in business. Rather, the
marijuana providers want to keep the "golden eggs" in their pockets.

Richard Begeman

Belgrade