WEED CAN HEAL THE SICK

I am writing as a grandmother and mother of two daughters, and I support
the marijuana ordinance.

Use will stay the same under the proposed law, so one cannot truthfully say
that the proposal encourages marijuana use. Young people do not consult our
law books before deciding to use marijuana. They do, however, remember the
warnings parents teach them about drugs. Now is the time to stand up for
cancer patients and others that need medical marijuana to improve the
quality of their lives.

I resent the claim that the medical marijuana provision was included as a
sneaky way to gain more votes. Our police do not have the time to arrest
medical marijuana patients and pot smokers when there are murderers,
rapists, child molesters and other violent criminals at large.

It is time we correct a mistake in our laws that wastes valuable police
resources and time and unnecessarily harass the lives of so many people.

Martha Duff