Pubdate: Sat, 20 Dec 2008
Source: Marin Independent Journal (CA)
Copyright: 2008 Marin Independent Journal
Contact:  http://www.marinij.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/673
Author: Bruce Mirken,director of communications, - Marijuana Policy Project,
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1127/a05.html?1113

QUOTE MARKS MISLEADING

It is obnoxious and misleading for the Independent Journal to put the word
"medicine" in quotation marks when referring to medical marijuana.
Marijuana's use as a medicine goes back nearly 5,000 years in the written
medical literature. Prestigious organizations from the American College of
Physicians to the American Public Health Association and American Nurses
Association have all acknowledged that marijuana can be a legitimate
medicine.

So have the governments of Canada, Israel, Germany and the
Netherlands.

And the IJ still puts the word in quotes? Give me a
break.

Bruce Mirken, director of communications,

Marijuana Policy Project,

Washington, D.C.
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MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin