Pubdate: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 Source: Tampa Tribune (FL) Copyright: 2014 The Tribune Co. Contact: http://tbo.com/list/news-opinion-letters/ Website: http://www.tampatrib.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/446 Author: Howard Wooldridge Page: 6 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n343/a02.html GOD'S PLANT Regarding "Medical pot push driven by profit": Speaking as a lobbyist/advocate for law enforcement in Congress, Douglas MacKinnon sounds like a lobbyist for Big Pharma. In attacking a competitive product - God's green plant - he protects the billions in profits that those wonderful pills generate. God didn't make junk. Marijuana is a low-cost, low-side-effect and highly effective medicine for millions of people. My colleagues need to accept and even embrace it. HOWARD WOOLDRIDGE, ADAMSTOWN, MD. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom