Pubdate: Thu, 22 May 2014
Source: Sacramento News & Review (CA)
Copyright: 2014 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
Contact:  http://newsreview.com/sacto/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/540
Author: Mari H.
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n440/a08.html

POT AND OXY THE SAME?

Re "Mom and marijuana" by Raheem F. Hosseini (SN&R Essay, May 15):

While I am not opposed to cancer sufferers and others' medical use of 
marijuana, two statements made by the author himself encapsulated my 
reasons for applauding Sacramento Board of Supervisor's Roberta 
MacGlashan's stand. "[M]y brother scored some edibles from a 
dispensary worker" (obvious his mom didn't have a medical-marijuana 
card, but was still able to obtain medical-grade pot), and "nibbling 
tiny morsels at bedtime and sharing her supply with curious relatives 
and neighbors." The sharing (again, people with no medical card). Pot 
is a drug! There is no difference between people sharing their 
pharmaceutical-grade pot and sharing their oxycodone. If a driver 
hits you under the influence of pot or alcohol the effect is the 
same! If end users were more responsible, the government wouldn't 
have to do it for them.

Mari H.

Sacramento
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