Since 1996, 12 states have enacted laws to allow patients to use medical marijuana, even though federal law continues to ban the drug. Marijuana helps patients with AIDS consume and hold down food. It is a mood elevator to combat the bouts of depression associated with this disease. Scientists say an active ingredient found in marijuana, THC, may help fight lung cancer, the most lethal of all cancers. Prohibition taught us you cannot legislate morality. We need to move forward with licensing guidelines for medical marijuana. Gubernatorial candidate Gatewood Galbraith supports the use of this medicine. How do other candidates feel? Will they avoid the subject? When will Kentucky legalize its use? Danny Pigman Lexington [end]
Since 1996, 12 states have enacted laws to allow patients to use medical marijuana, even though federal law continues to ban the drug. Marijuana helps patients with AIDS consume and hold down food. It is a mood elevator to combat the bouts of depression associated with this disease. Scientists say an active ingredient found in marijuana, THC, may help fight lung cancer, the most lethal of all cancers. Prohibition taught us you cannot legislate morality. We need to move forward with licensing guidelines for medical marijuana. Gubernatorial candidate Gatewood Galbraith supports the use of this medicine. How do other candidates feel? Will they avoid the subject? When will Kentucky legalize its use? Lexington [end]
For eight years, Gov. Paul Patton has ignored pleas to help Kentuckians taking chemotherapy treatments for cancer and people with AIDS and has shown a lack of concern for those with wide-angle glaucoma. And many probably voted for him. It's time for gubernatorial candidates Ben Chandler and Ernie Fletcher to share their views. Will they ignore the need for cannabis as a medicine, hoping those like me just fade away? They must understand, it can be the young or seniors who need this medicine. Is being elected more important than helping citizens of Kentucky? I challenge both Chandler and Fletcher to express their views. We'll put one of them in office and deserve to know. Both Arizona and California have tried to help those who need cannabis as a medicine. Why can't we do the same? It's time our candidates for governor address the problem.... Lexington, Ky. 40508 [end]
By being the first governor in modern times to serve two consecutive terms, much has happened during the administration of Gov. Paul Patton. I will not concentrate on the governor's positives and negatives, but I will again challenge him to focus on people in need of cannabis as medicine. This would be a magnificent way to end Patton's two terms as governor. By supporting the needs of Kentuckians, his character would be viewed as that of an understanding politician. [continues 71 words]
