Thank you for your articulate and well reasoned editorial about medical marijuana. It contains one glaring error. Jackie does not receive medical marijuana under the long closed federal Compassionate Use program. She was certified as qualified for the program because her doctors stated that medical marijuana gave her relief not achieved with alternate therapies and with fewer side effects than the alternate therapies. The federal government closed the program before her supplies were approved. (Only 7 people currently get federal medical marijuana.) Not only was Jackie denied the right to supplies of the best medical therapy for her she was actually arrested several years ago. Yes, they really do arrest severely ill people in their homes, roughly cart them off to jail, etc.

Despite all of this Jackie's spirit remains unbroken and she continues to be active. She strives for positive change with hope as her organization name suggests ~ Is My Medicine Legal Yet? (IMMLY)

Caren Thomas

Glencoe, IL

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