Pubdate: Wed, 03 Jun 2015
Source: Sun, The (Yuma, AZ)
Copyright: 2015 The Sun
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Author: Isaiah Washington
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n295/a03.html

EASY SOLUTION SEEMS TO BE GETTING HIGH

I read with interest Sunday's Editor's Notebook titled, "Drugs may 
have more positives than we realized" and agree with the editor's 
comment, "It's an interesting time in science and medicine." However, 
I sometimes wonder if America is being transformed into an entire 
nation strung out on mind-altering drugs.

Medical marijuana, for example, despite some legitimate medicinal 
uses, has degenerated into a national farce. People are being 
encouraged to score marijuana prescriptions not just for the 
oft-cited maladies like cancer or glaucoma, but for conditions 
ranging from diarrhea, eczema, bipolar disorder, pimples, 
incontinence, menopause, genital herpes, AIDS, etc., etc.... and the 
list goes on and on. In other words, we're being told that smoking 
pot is good for pretty much everything that ails us.

But for some "medical marijuana" apparently doesn't cure all 
ailments. Now they also want easy access to "psychedelic medicine" 
including LSD and Ecstasy. The distinction between legal and illegal 
seems disturbingly indistinct and fluid.

While America in the Age of Obama spins spectacularly out of control, 
as her culture, morals, laws, institutions, government, economy and 
overall well being continue to disintegrate, our solution seems to 
be: Get high!

REV. ISAIAH WASHINGTON

Yuma
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