Pubdate: Fri, 30 May 2014
Source: Herald, The (Everett, WA)
Copyright: 2014 The Daily Herald Co.
Contact:  http://www.heraldnet.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/190
Author: Kirk Muse
Page: A13
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n470/a04.html

PHARMA INDUSTRY FEARS THE HERB

Thanks for publishing Froma Harrop's thoughtful column: "Fight heroin
with legal marijuana."

Is there any legitimate reason that a natural herb that has never
killed anybody should be classified the same as heroin? I think not.

I know from personal experience that marijuana is a substitute for
potentially deadly painkillers like Vicodin and is also a substitute
for alcohol.

The pharmaceutical industry knows this and so does the alcohol
industry. And this is probably why marijuana remains a criminalized
substance.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.
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