Pubdate: Tue, 25 Apr 2006
Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI)
Copyright: 2006 Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Contact:  http://www.starbulletin.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/196
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)
Author: George Gersaba

U.S. DEFIES REALITY OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA

I was as against medical marijuana as any dyed-in-the-wool narcotics 
enforcement officer could be, since I was one before I retired 
(Editorial, Star-Bulletin, April 24). I was sure it was a scam by 
people who were using it as a smokescreen.

I changed my mind when I traveled to Zillah, Wash., to say my goodbye 
to a fellow Vietnam combat vet buddy who was suffering from throat 
cancer. The only way he could get hungry, pain-free and happy was to 
smoke marijuana. He didn't last very long, perhaps a couple of months 
after treatment started.

To be ignorant of the medical uses of marijuana is to be ignorant of reality.

George Gersaba

Honolulu
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