Letters to the Editor
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-- rosedawn_scott
By the way, I absolutely support the availability of medical marijuana. If anything the abuse/misuse of certificates allowing its use enrages me more, because it threatens the ability of those for whom marijuana has been shown to be genuinely helpful to get the drug.
It's a bit like heroin, which is used as a painkiller in Europe, especially for burns and cancer and in hospices. In the US this very useful drug remains illegal, in part because of the abuse issues.
Most drugs have side-effects -- marijuana has some noted ones. When you have MS, glaucoma, aids, cancer (and the appetite and drug problems associated with it), the side-effects are a reasonable price to pay for the benefits that marijuana provides.
However, on its face this Mother is not taking the marijuana for back pain, for which it would do little good -- rather she wangled a medical marijuana certificate, the same way some people wangle a handicapped sticker for their car, while being healthy, leading to suspicious looks at anyone who can walk and has one.