Pubdate: Wed, 20 May 2009 Source: Hawaii Tribune Herald (Hilo, HI) Copyright: 2009 Hawaii Tribune Herald Contact: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/185 Author: Jeff Kearns Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n532/a03.html MEDICAL POT ABUSE I'm an educated man but can't figure out the angle the Tribune-Herald is attempting to make by publishing a front-page article on the arrest of William Peters, 21 and Sarah Biddix, 22, for marijuana cultivation ("Marijuana users cry foul," May 14). I gathered from the article that only one had a medical marijuana certificate, the amount of marijuana seized was over 100 plants (according to the state definition of marijuana) and the address on the certificate did not match the residence the marijuana was being grown/cultivated as required by state law. I've been on the island for over five years and have heard from day one that all one needs to do is go to a "certain doctor" and say your toe hurts, and presto, you've got a medical marijuana certificate. All of those terminally ill patients that legitimately have a need for a medical marijuana certificate and follow the rule of law by growing seven plants vs. 100 should demand to know how two college students in their early 20s who appear to be perfectly healthy obtained medical marijuana certificates. Jeff Kearns Hilo - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom