Pubdate: [Mon, 18 Nov 1996]
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
Author: Alan Bryan

Your Nov. 9 editorial incorrectly stated that no medical organizations
backed California's Proposition 215 for medical marijuana. This is not the
case. Proposition 215 was endorsed by the California Academy of Family
Physicians, San Francisco Medical Society, American Public Health
Association and others in the medical community.

The only medical group to publicly denounce Proposition 215 was the
California Medical Association and even it has had a change of heart. "The
huge voter support of Prop. 215 is really a mandate to the federal
government that marijuana must be studied for any medical benefits," said
its president, Jack E. McCleary, M.D.

Why should medical marijuana remain confined to the borders of California
if it is proven an effective medication for glaucoma, cancer ot the AIDS
wasting syndrome among many other illnesses?

Alan Bryan
Dallas Chapter,
Drug Policy Forum of Texas
Dallas