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 - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom