Pubdate: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 2003 San Jose Mercury News Contact: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390 Author: Mark Wheeler Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n141/a11.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) SCIENCE LESSON HURRAY for Veronica Mouser, the middle school student who was told her science fair project on medical marijuana would not be displayed (Page 1A, Jan. 28). She has learned the hard way that ``people will try to control what you say'' but says she is now ``even more determined to say what I have to say.'' As a judge at the last two Intel International Science Fairs, I've seen a number of high-school science projects that were research-oriented and could not, by the nature of their scientific inquiry, be as ``hands-on'' as other projects. Earth and space science projects, for example, tend to be more observational than experimental. Let the school officials at least be honest about their reasons for pulling this science project in the first place: They are afraid of the politics involved in a controversial subject. Mark Wheeler San Jose - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk