DA FOR POT

NEW YORK - Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau joined
television talk show host Montel Williams on Tuesday in expressing
support for the legalization of marijuana for medical uses in New York.

"It should be available to those whose suffering would be eased by the
use of marijuana," the district attorney said. "There is absolutely no
reason for not using marijuana for medical purposes. It's another
weapon in the arsenal.

Morgenthau said he supported a marijuana legalization bill that has
been introduced in the state Legislature by Assemblyman Richard Gottfried."

Williams, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999, choked back tears
as he said he uses marijuana to relieve pain in his legs and feet
caused by the crippling neurological disease. "There are days I don't
feel like getting out of bed," he said.