WHAT'S CONFUSING ABOUT MEDICAL POT?

This is in response to "Sufferers plead for medical pot," published on Jan 23.

"Law enforcement officials, meanwhile, have been a primary opponent to
legalizing the medical use of marijuana, claiming such a law would
compromise their ability to fight illegal use of the drug."

What's so confusing? Patients with proper credentials from their licensed
physician should not be arrested. Those people who do not have such support
are subject to arrest. When drugs are in pill form from a pharmacy, no such
confusion exists, so why should marijuana leave police baffled?

As also noted in the article, police in the eight states where medical
marijuana is already legal aren't having these alleged problems. Do West
Coast police have higher IQs than those in New York?

Stephen Heath, Clearwater, Fla.