Pubdate: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2003 The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper. Contact: http://www.sunspot.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Author: Bruce Mirken Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) Note: The writer is director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project. MEDICAL MARIJUANA OPPONENTS MISGUIDED It is sad to see White House drug czar John P. Walters continuing to spread misinformation about medical marijuana ("National drug czar, Cummings against marijuana bill," March 25). It is even sadder to see local representatives such as Rep. Elijah E. Cummings being taken in by Mr. Walters' deceptions. Mr. Cummings claims there is little evidence of marijuana's medical value, but leading scientific experts disagree. The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, for instance, has called the federal ban on medical use of marijuana "misguided, heavy-handed and inhumane." Bruce Mirken Washington - --- MAP posted-by: Alex