Pubdate: Wed, 19 Feb 2014
Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Copyright: 2014 Orlando Sentinel
Contact:  http://www.orlandosentinel.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/325
Note: Rarely prints out-of-state LTEs.
Author: Webb Harris Jr.

NEEDLESS SUFFERING WITHOUT MARIJUANA

Thirty years ago, Florida Senate President Don Gaetz learned 
firsthand marijuana's effectiveness in alleviating the suffering of 
the terminally ill, when he illegally supplied it to a dying friend.

Now, three decades later, after almost half the nation's other states 
have paved the way for medical marijuana and Floridians like John 
Morgan have managed to position medical marijuana for a statewide 
vote, Gaetz is eager to spread the healing. He asks, "How could I 
deny compassionate care to someone else's child?"

Good question. Indeed, 30 years' worth of sufferers have come and 
gone since 1984; seven years have passed since Gaetz joined the 
Senate; and, all along, he has known these people could have been 
helped. Why, only now, is his compassion broadening?

Webb Harris Jr.

Lake Mary
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