Pubdate: Fri, 16 Nov 2001
Source: Oregonian, The (OR)
Copyright: 2001 The Oregonian
Contact:  http://www.oregonlive.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/324
Author: Tom Klein
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/prop36.htm (Substance Abuse and Crime 
Prevention Act)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/ashcroft.htm (Ashcroft, John)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)

PROGRESSIVE DRUG LAWS THREATEN ATTORNEY GENERAL

John Ashcroft [in citing the Supreme Court ruling that the federal 
Controlled Substances Act does not permit the medical use of 
marijuana] has disregarded what the medical community has been saying 
for more than 70 years: Cannabis is one of the safest and most 
therapeutic drugs known to man.

The federal government has suppressed the testimony and professional 
medical opinions of countless doctors who have spoken truthfully 
about cannabis.

Ashcroft has ignored the massive volume of medical facts about 
cannabis and spread deliberate misinformation through the media. He 
has neither the moral right nor the medical expertise to negate 
Oregon voters' wishes.

Perhaps the real danger is not marijuana, but the threat of 
progressive drug laws to a conservative administration.

Tom Klein, Northeast Portland
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