DRUG COMPANIES THE MAIN BENEFICIARIES OF MARIJUANA BAN

To the Editor:

I disagree with letter writer Richard Prawdzienski: "Vote on medical
marijuana all about power, control" (June 17).

The prime beneficiary of the Supreme Court ruling on medical
marijuana is the U. S. pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical
industry doesn't want an easy-to-grow herb replacing their very
expensive, patented medications.

The pharmaceutical industry is America's most profitable industry,
and it wants to keep it that way. Why do Americans pay more than any
anybody else on the planet for prescription medications? Primarily
because of the "favors" granted by the U. S. Congress. And the
pharmaceutical industry essentially "owns" the U. S. Congress. (See
the web site: www.saynotodrugs.org). Obviously, the pharmaceutical
industry "owns" all of the Congress members from Oklahoma. Follow the
money and you will know how and why.

- - Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.