SPEAK UP ABOUT NEW LAW

I'd like to thank you for Margo Pierce's article about State Sen.
Robert Hagan's medical marijuana bill ("Toking the Cure," issue of
March 2-8). According to polls, 80 percent of Ohioans support access
to marijuana for medical purposes, and yet politicians are still
afraid to speak out in public. This unwillingness to speak out is a
result of voters not calling their representatives and asking them to
support this kind of legislation.

If I may, I'd like to ask everyone who supports compassionate access
to marijuana for legitimate medical purposes to call their
representative and ask them to co-sponsor Senate Bill 74, the Ohio
Medical Marijuana Act. If the people don't speak, the politicians
won't move on this important legislation. It's up to us to urge them
to support this bill.

JIM WHITE

Oregon, Ohio