Pubdate: Sat, 01 Nov 2014
Source: Palm Beach Post, The (FL)
Copyright: 2014 The Palm Beach Post
Contact:  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/333
Author: Edward Staffire
Page: A14

ADS LIGHT ON FACTS ABOUT MARIJUANA

The "No on Amendment 2" crowd has sunk to a new low. A recent ad 
shows an attractive female MD who tells us that Amendment 2 would 
permit marijuana without a doctor's prescription. Please read the 
amendment. It specifies that it would be available "as determined by 
a licensed Florida physician." Additionally, the ad states that it 
would allow people to have medication not sanctioned by the Food and 
Drug Administration. Apparently it ignores the reality that the FDA 
permits prescribing medications that result in thousands of overdoses 
and deaths every year. No one has overdosed on marijuana, apparently 
an inconvenient truth. I fully realize that individuals should 
investigate the merits of the amendment on their own, but to present 
such blatant misinformation is an insult. Perhaps informing the 
public of the potential dangers of marijuana vs. prescribed pain 
medication would be illuminating, although potentially limiting to 
some physicians' practices. Please present the facts.

EDWARD STAFFIRE, OKEECHOBEE
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