Pubdate: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2001, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Author: Dave Lane Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor; headline by newshawk Note2: Title by mapinc editor DR. COP? REGARDING YOUR response to Dave Burkhart's Aug. 3 letter. You seem to have something in common with the Canadian police in that you both know more about medicine than the Canadian Medical Association. And to think I was wasting time seeing an MD when all I had to do was ask the local cop on the street about my medical problems. In your editorial remarks about medicinal use of cannabis you wrote: "Doctors should not prescribe something they do not know enough about." Do you think they know more about Prozac or Ritalin, which have only existed for a short time, than they do about cannabis that has been used for thousands of years? Do you really think you have the knowledge to tell doctors what they should or should not do? Dave Lane, Santa Cruz, California (No, it is up to them to prescribe remedies.) - --- MAP posted-by: