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
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