Pubdate: Sun, 27 Jun 2010
Source: News-Press (Fort Myers, FL)
Copyright: 2010 Bruce Diamond
Contact:  http://www.news-press.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1133
Author: Bruce Diamond

DOC KNOWS BEST

A father in my congregation shared this story with me about his 
30-year-old son, who was cited twice for very small amounts of 
marijuana found in his car during traffic stops.

The young man was remanded to the county "mental health court" that 
sent him for psychiatric treatment. They put him on several drugs 
designed to treat him for mild "anxiety disorder."

Several months later he complained of acute abdominal pain and was 
taken to the emergency room where they discovered he was suffering 
from pancreatitis. The doctor explained to the father that the 
probable cause was all the prescription drugs he was taking for 
anxiety, and that he needed to be off them.

When the father asked the doctor what the boy should be taking 
instead, the doctor discretely suggested: "A little bit of 
marijuana." Go figure.

RABBI BRUCE DIAMOND

Fort Myers
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