AUGUSTA, GA - Last week's cover story on medical marijuana brought two responses that I normally would not publish. We almost never use letters from people who ask that they remain anonymous.

In these cases, however, the writers have legitimate reasons for their reluctance to be identified. One is in the military. Another is an AIDS patient.

The AIDS patient writes, "I would like to first give my personal thanks to Joshua McCracken for his valor in speaking out publicly about his struggle with HIV, and now full-blown AIDS!

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