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May 10, 2005
USA Today: Letter to the Editor: LEGAL MARIJUANA FAVORS PATIENTS' INTEREST
By Gary Storck
Posted: May, 10, 2005
Newshawk: Is My Medicine Legal YET? www.immly.org
Source: USA Today
Pubdate: 10 May 2005
Author: Gary Storck
Along with other patients from around the country, I was able to join talk show host Montel Williams, Angel Raich, Irv Rosenfeld and a number of congressional representatives as Williams made his plea for legal access to medical marijuana ("Montel urges Congress on medical marijuana," USATODAY.com, Thursday).
It is sad that something so critical to many Americans health and well-being is being withheld by politics. Another article in USA TODAY talked of how elderly U.S. patients are put at risk by clinical testing that excludes them in favor of younger patients ("A bitter pill for older patients." Cover story", Life, Thursday).
Elderly patients are more likely to encounter adverse reactions from conventional medications because of slowed metabolisms and other consequences of aging. The Food and Drug Administration's litany of recalls and drug warnings points up the need for non-toxic alternatives like marijuana.
Washington politicians not only claim we have the best health care in the world but tout this nation's commitment to democracy, liberty and freedom. These will remain just claims until our lawmakers restores the freedom to use cannabis as medicine that they revoked with the passage of the Controlled Substances Act in 1970.
Gary Storck, co-founder
Is My Medicine Legal YET?
Madison, Wis.
Posted by Gary at May 10, 2005 10:04 AM
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