Pubdate: Sat, 24 May 2003 Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Copyright: 2003 The Vancouver Sun Contact: http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477 Author: Ted Cooper PRO-MARIJUANA LOBBY USING MEDICAL SMOKESCREEN Two things never cease to amaze me. First, how the pro-marijuana lobby from outside Canada is so well published in our local newspapers; and second, their paucity of factual evidence. Christopher Largen (View from the U.S. on decriminalizing marijuana, Sun letters, May 21) needn't wither away because he's deprived of marijuana. The active medicinal ingredient of marijuana is available in Marinol tablets. However, he does deserve a string quartet to serenade him as he crafts his purple prose. Ted Cooper Powell River - --- MAP posted-by: Alex