Pubdate: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 Source: Register-Guard, The (OR) Copyright: 2001 The Register-Guard Contact: http://www.registerguard.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/362 Author: Mark S. Vincent Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n634/a12.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) SHOW SOME COMPASSION Don't believe John English (letters, April 10). Shame on English for trying to spread his propaganda. Shame on him for thinking he knows something about the pain of so many people who suffer from nausea because of the toxic effects of trying to cure their cancers. There have been many attempts to isolate active ingredients in marijuana, but none have been successful enough to be as effective in delivering the medicinal ingredients as inhalation of the smoke. There are myriad other reasons for allowing the chronically ill - people with back-injuries, the arthritic, migraine sufferers and AIDS patients - to make the choice of how to medicate themselves. Self-righteous zealots such as English are the spawn of all that is capable of making my nightmares come true. English should experience just one day of my migraines. That would be poetic justice, since he's one of their many causes. Mark S. Vincent Eugene - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager