Pubdate: Wed, 12 Nov 1997
Source: Orange County Register (CA)
Author: Sharra Goen

Your article,"Murphy Brown,s pot use draws DEA fire" [Capital
Briefly, Nov. 6], quoted a statement issued by DEA administrator
Thomas Constantine regarding the episode in which Murphy smokes
medical marijuana to relieve nausea caused by chemotherapy.

He said CBS and the show's creators were "doing a great disservice"
by "trivializing drug abuse" and "pandering" to the libertarian
supporters of an open society. Hmmmm, "open society" or "closed
society?" Hmmmm, "freedom" or "police state." Freedom works well.

Sharra Goen
Anaheim, CA