NO POT FOR THE NEEDY

I have a friend who has suffered from fibromyalgia for
years.

There is no "cure" for fibromyalgia, so she either has to endure the
incredible pain that it causes, or seek some kind of temporary medical
relief.

She does not want to become reliant on pharmaceutical drugs, not
caring for their effect on her thought processes nor the expense of
legal narcotics. So every now and then, when things get a little too
unbearable, she will take a puff of pot.

I'm sure all that will have to change now, though: Last night we heard
Drug Enforcement Agency head Asa Hutchinson on television explaining
that Congress had determined that marijuana has no medicinal value,
and that the U.S. Supreme Court had affirmed that determination.
("Feds vs. S.F. on Pot," The Examiner, Feb. 13.)

Any toking done now might make my friend realize that two branches of
government are full of crap -- and we already knew about that third
one.

Steve Wagner,
Oakland