Pubdate: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2004 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://www.latimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Author: Clifford Schaffer Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04.n1590.a06.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/opinion.htm (Opinion) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/soros.htm (Soros, George) THE 'POT DOCS' CONTROVERSY You don't have to look any further than the extreme irony of Dr. Tod Mikuriya's case to see that the Medical Board of California really is on a witch hunt. It took action against him for violating accepted medical standards in recommending marijuana. The irony is that the board has never published such standards. The greater irony is that Mikuriya has been actively campaigning to get the board to adopt standards and has submitted suggested standards himself, even before the case was brought against him. In the end, it is persecuting him because of its own failure to act. This is an open and obvious vendetta against the law already approved by the voters of California. Clifford Schaffer Director, DRCNet Online Library of Drug Policy - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin