WAR ON DRUGS' THREATENED

The government claims marijuana cannot be legal for medicinal purposes
because it is too dangerous. Yet government statistics show alcohol and
tobacco kill 500,000 Americans per year. Prescription drugs kill
approximately 100,000 Americans every year. But the government cannot cite a
single human death caused by a marijuana-induced health problem.

The government claims there is no scientific evidence showing that marijuana
is an effective medicine. There are dozens of scientific studies that show
otherwise. The government claims that marijuana cannot be legal unless
scientific evidence proves it to be safe -- a criteria that red meat, dairy
products and junk foods can't meet. But the government had no problem making
marijuana illegal in 1938 with support of outrageous claims of "reefer
madness," claims that have been proven false.

The government cannot afford the legalization of medical marijuana because
doing so will threaten their "War on Drugs" pork barrel, most of which is
spent on enforcing marijuana prohibition. When medical marijuana use becomes
common, thousands of doctors will be able to closely monitor the effects on
their patients which will lead to in-depth knowledge about marijuana.

Tom Bouril, Madison