Pubdate: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2012 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://www.latimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Author: Chuck Rinaldi Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n361/a11.html POT AS A PRESCRIPTION Re "Is marijuana good medicine?," Opinion, July 26 Dr. David Sack says few medical conditions are affected by medical marijuana - such as cancer and HIV (the ability to actually eat while in treatment), migraines, anxiety disorders and the ability to fall asleep, to name some of them. A few years ago, a woman I loved was diagnosed with cancer for the fifth time. The use of illegal marijuana gave her a decent quality of life until she passed. I have a solution to the concerns over marijuana dispensaries: Close them down. Then have ill patients buy illegal marijuana in front of the police and insist that they be arrested. The officers can wheel, assist and cajole these suffering people to their cells. When it is your loved one being put in jail, perhaps the hard-hearted will soften. Put the stuff under Food and Drug Administration control. Tax it like any other cash crop. Chuck Rinaldi, Huntington Beach - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom