Pubdate: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 Source: Boston Herald (MA) Copyright: 2011 The Boston Herald, Inc Contact: http://news.bostonherald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/53 Note: Prints only very short LTEs. Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n258/a08.html Author: Steven S. Epstein REEFER SANITY BY SJC Your editorial demonstrates an author suffering "reefer madness," an illness that causes the sufferer to forget the principles of the Constitution ("Wacky weed indeed," April 21). The Supreme Judicial Court implies that police may give the operator a citation for possession based upon the odor. It also noted the record, contrary to the lone dissenting justice's conclusion, did not support ordering the operator out of the vehicle on suspicion of operating under the influence. On the latter point, I note that driving after consumption of marijuana is inappropriate. However, the science comparing impairment by consumption of marijuana to alcohol establishes marijuana is safer. Steven S. Epstein, Georgetown The writer is among the authors of the friend of the court brief submitted by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake