Pubdate: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA) Copyright: 2010 Ralph Givens Contact: http://www.newsreview.com/chico/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559 Author: Ralph Givens Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n1015/a07.html MOUTHING LIES Shannon Rooney omitted one important fact about the drug offender being forced to write a report on "the nonsensical character" of California's medical-marijuana program. The plain truth is that dozens of medical groups, from the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the National Institutes of Health and the Vermont Medical Society to the San Francisco Medical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine and the Medical Society of the State of New York, to name a few, recognize the medical value of marijuana. No doubt this judge expects a scathing attack on medical marijuana, but that is a lie. If the judge insists on forcing someone to mouth lies that they do not believe in, he is the biggest hypocrite in Nevada. Ralph Givens Daly City - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D