Pubdate: Sun, 17 Aug 2014
Source: Tampa Tribune (FL)
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/446
Author: Randall Grantham
Section: Views
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Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n659/a02.html

NO EXPERT WITNESS

Your opinion piece "Do voters want to unshackle pot?" last Sunday on 
medical marijuana was predictable enough, but you should really 
consider the use of more reality-based opinions in the future.

Specifically, I refer to the statement by the OB-GYN that you relied 
on for your cautionary advice about voting to legalize this herbal 
medication: "Welcome to pill mills part two," she said.

Really? You can with a straight face compare physician-approved use 
of marijuana to the wholesale, reckless, deadly practice of handing 
out, like M&Ms, opiates, which have caused countless deaths to 
thousands, not to mention the nonfatal societal costs.

To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever died from marijuana, 
prescribed or not.

And is a gynecological physician really an expert in this area?

RANDALL GRANTHAM, ESQ. LUTZ
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