READING THE SMOKE SIGNALS ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE

The U.S. Supreme Court case Ashcroft vs. Raich is an important one in
the effort to help America's young people understand that smoked
marijuana is not medicine ("The Plaintiff," by Carol Mithers, Nov.
14). Although the drug legalizers have successfully convinced a vast
number of Americans that marijuana is good, parents and grandparents
who have watched their children fall prey to this myth will tell you
otherwise. There are currently 182,000 young people in treatment for
marijuana-related problems.

The drive to legalize marijuana is not in our best interest. Children
are America's most precious natural resource. We should not allow that
resource to go up in a puff of smoke.

Joyce Nalepka

President

Drug-Free Kids: America's Challenge

Silver Spring, Md.