Pubdate: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2004 The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper. Contact: http://www.baltimoresun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Author: Shirley Heintz, Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) Note: All were titled Why deny relief to people in pain? Individual titles by MAPinc MARIJUANA CAN BE A GODSEND I do think the medicinal use of marijuana should be legal. For people with the dreadful pain of AIDS or cancer, a fairly inexpensive substance such as marijuana can be a godsend. Why should they have to suffer pain or find marijuana illegally on the street when doctors could prescribe it for them? Shirley Heintz, Harwood - --- MAP posted-by: Derek