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Medicinal Pot!
Posted by FoM on August 09, 1999 at 16:07:16 PT
By Jeff Meyers
Source: Chicago Tribune
VENTURA, Calif. -- So Diane C. Orchard-Callecod (Voice, July 31) hears about one man's alleged addiction to marijuana and she's ready to throw all sick and dying people in jail for using it to relieve their pain. 
If she would apply the same standard to every legal drug, every legal over-the-counter medicine, every legal cigarette and every alcoholic and caffeinated beverage that has ever been abused, jails would overflow, stores would be empty and the black market would be booming.She also thinks it's terribly sinister that a few wealthy Americans have contributed millions of dollars to fund successful voter initiatives in several states. But she evidently thinks it's swell that U.S. and state governments spend upward of $40 billion a year to keep marijuana illegal, spread ignorance and fear, and arrest hundreds of thousands.She also erroneously believes that economics is driving the movement to make marijuana available as medicine. Nobody is going to get wealthy if medical marijuana becomes legal. The pharmaceutical companies, prison industry, law enforcement, anti-drug crusaders and criminals stand to lose billions.August 9, 1999 Chicago Tribune
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Comment #1 posted by Ally on August 09, 1999 at 17:58:06 PT
Another person this Diane..who wants to defeat our
cause...What we need is a little more positivity!!-shalom, ally 
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