Pubdate: Wed, 16 Sep 2015
Source: Baltimore Sun (MD)
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Author: Brandon Levey

SCHUH PLAYS POLITICS WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES

It's a shame that Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh is moving 
backward, not forward, on medical marijuana ("Proposal to ban medical 
marijuana raises doubts," Sept. 15). In 23 states and Washington, 
D.C., sick patients depend on legal medical marijuana to help 
alleviate symptoms of chemotherapy, prevent seizures and more. 
Medical marijuana in Maryland, as it stands, will be regulated 
tightly by an appointed commission to ensure that it only benefits 
approved patients. Forcing patients to travel benefits nobody and 
creates yet another burden on the sick or dying. I hope that Mr. 
Schuh stops substituting his own judgment for that of the commission 
and stops playing politics with people's lives.

Brandon Levey, Pikesville
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