POT ROAST

Gary Cartwright sounds like a snake-oil salesman when he
touts pot as medicine ["Weed All About It," July 2005]. The marijuana
lobby, who funded these initiatives in Texas, stated that it would use
"medical marijuana" as a "red herring" to get marijuana legalized for
recreational use. Marijuana in its smoked or crude form is not a safe
or effective treatment for any condition. Public policy related to
drugs should be based on science, not on misinformation provided by
marijuana lobbyists. Texas lawmakers were wise to reject this pro-pot
propaganda.

Stephanie Haynes

Save Our Society From Drugs

Alpine