POT'S NOT THE BIG PROBLEM KILGORE MAKES IT OUT TO BE

In response to the recent op-ed by Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, I found
myself asking a few questions, such as what are the "gravely detrimental
ways" in which marijuana affects the human brain, and which "science tells
us" this?

Kilgore failed to mention that various studies have demonstrated that THC
sends certain types of cancers into remission, such as a study in 1974 by
the Medical College of Virginia, which showed that certain types of breast
and lung cancer were slowed by the drug.

Further, studies have also demonstrated that THC protects against certain
malignant cancers as per the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Let's not mention the University of Spain study that indicated that THC
actually sent brain cancer into remission in lab rats.

How Kilgore manages to associate marijuana use with drinking and driving is
beyond my powers of perception. As Kilgore generalizes in at least three
different places from marijuana to drinking and driving, marijuana to all
illegal drugs and marijuana to all substance abuse, I fail to find anything
resembling a legitimate argument.

Charles A. Sweet

Stafford