Pubdate: Thu, 07 May 2015
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI)
Copyright: 2015 Star Advertiser
Contact: 
http://www.staradvertiser.com/info/Star-Advertiser_Letter_to_the_Editor.html
Website: http://www.staradvertiser.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5154
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n248/a07.html
Author: Kevin Cain

MEDICAL POT'S VALUE IS NOT IN THE 'HIGH'

I was extremely dismayed to see your headline "New High" above the 
fold in Tuesday's paper (Star-Advertiser, May 5).

The value of medicinal marijuana is not in the "high," but in the 
comfort and relief that it brings to sufferers of chronic and 
long-term illness and pain.

Perpetuating the myth, even if only in sensationalized headlines, 
that medicinal marijuana can and should be equated with being high, 
is disingenuous and displays a remarkable lack of awareness about the 
power of the press.

Your headline merely provides those who would dogmatically oppose 
this proven treatment with more provocation in their fight against 
medical marijuana and the dispensaries needed to distribute this 
treatment effectively and legally.

The power of the press is not to be taken lightly. If you want to be 
taken seriously, write seriously.

Kevin Cain Chinatown
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