STOP 'REEFER MADNESS'

Regarding the June 10 editorial, "Medical pot ruling tramples states'
rights": What's the real impact of state-level medical marijuana laws on
interstate commerce? Patients with the option of legally obtaining
marijuana under a doctor's recommendation don't rely on the black market.
If the Bush administration decides to focus federal law enforcement
resources on busting voter-approved medical marijuana suppliers, desperate
patients will turn to street dealers for their medicine. Reefer madness is
a poor excuse for criminalizing healthy citizens who prefer marijuana to
martinis. There is no excuse for prosecuting sick patients desperate to
ease their suffering.

ROBERT SHARPE

Policy Analyst

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C.