Pubdate: [Fri, 11 Oct 1996] Source: San Francisco Examiner (CA) Author: Michael Sussman Your editorial endorsing Prop.215 ("Yes on 215: Medical pot," Oct. 8) showed the dispassionate, reasoned argument that is often lacking public discussions about drug policy. Opponents have tried to associate the initiative with criminality, hoping to spur the media into mindless sensationalism. But the press and the people of California are responding sensibly to the earnest and passionate sick people who say they need this medicine. Michael Sussman