SentLTE-Digest Saturday, November 1 2014 Volume 14 : Number 051
001 LTE: Re: 'Criminalizing patients'
From: Kirk Muse <>
002 LTE: Re: 'Too many questions on Measure 2' (10-29-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
003 LTE: Letter 'Criminalizing Patients' 28 October
From: John Chase <>
004 LTE: 'Impact of Amendment 2 too little understood'
From: John Chase <>
005 LTE: Re: 'IF POT IS PRESCRIBED, SELL IT AT PHARMACIES' (10-30-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
006 LTE: 'After Accidental Start, Medical Marijuana Becomes a Movement', Oc
From: John Chase <>
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Subj: 001 LTE: Re: 'Criminalizing patients'
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 03:38:35 -0700
To the Editor of The Gainesville Sun:
Thanks for publishing Robert Sharpe's thoughtful letter: "Criminalizing
patients" (10-28-14).
I'd like to add that one of the medications that was prescribed by my
personal physician for my arthritis pain and inflammation, has the rare
potential side effect of death. In other words, if I take this
medication as prescribed, I can die as a result.
On the other hand, marijuana has never been documented to kill a single
person in the 6,000 year history of its use.
For me, marijuana is the more effective medication. Shouldn't adult
citizens have the freedom to self-medicate with this relatively benign
natural herb?
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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Subj: 002 LTE: Re: 'Too many questions on Measure 2' (10-29-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:45:17 -0700
To the Editor of The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:
So Police Chief Keith Mallard thinks Measure 2 is not perfect. I doubt
that any measure to legalize cannabis would be.
Marijuana is the foundation of our so-called war on drugs. Remove
marijuana from the equation and the whole drug war will collapse.
The so-called war on drugs is a huge industry and huge bureaucracy.
Victory in the drug war is not possible, nor is it the goal. Victory in
the drug war would mean that the drug war industry and bureaucracy are
out of business.
There are basically two kinds of people who support the so-called war on
drugs:
Those who make their livelihood from it. This includes politicians and
bureaucrats who are probably on the payroll of the drug cartels. (Al
Capone had hundreds of politicians and prohibition officials on his
payroll).
Fools -- taxpayers who have bought into the lies and propaganda of the
drug-war industry and bureaucracy.
Fools -- who are willing to deny liberty and freedom to others but think
that their own liberty and freedom will never be in jeopardy.
Fools -- who believe that criminalizing a substance will make it go away.
Fools -- who think that drug prohibition somehow protects children.
Fools -- who think that giving criminals control of dangerous drugs
somehow protects children and our society.
Fools -- who think that they live in a free country even though the
United States is the most incarcerated nation in the history of human
civilization.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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Subj: 003 LTE: Letter 'Criminalizing Patients' 28 October
From: John Chase <>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 03:56:06 -0700
Editors, Gainesville Sun
Re: Robert Sharpe's letter "Criminalizing Patients" Oct 28th
Most marijuana-using patients hide rather than expose their caregivers
to arrest. So most of us were ignorant of its benefits. I knew about
appetite, pain, ALS, and MS, but dismissed the rest as just pot hype.
Then, last year, I was on the street in Pinellas petitioning for what
became Amendment2. Three signers told me pot is "the only thing that
works" for their Crone's, and a few mentioned their migraines. At about
the same time I saw the video of little Charlotte Figi, whose seizures
were virtually cured by marijuana. Last week People Magazine ran the
story of a young woman who will end her life in November rather that die
of her brain cancer, glioblastoma. A few days ago the FDA approved a
study to determine the efficacy of marijuana on glioblastoma. Things are
moving rapidly, but not rapidly enough to save the young woman and
others like her. There is no reason to wait. The first dozen states to
legalize marijuana as medicine are seeing major improvements in public
safety and no increase in kids' smoking. It is a relatively safe,
effective drug. Please vote for Amendment 2. Free the patients.
John G. Chase
727 787 3085
1620 E Dorchester Dr
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
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Subj: 004 LTE: 'Impact of Amendment 2 too little understood'
From: John Chase <>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:43:37 -0700
Editors, Sarasota Herald-Trib
Re: Letter 27 Oct, "Impact of Amendment 2 too little understood"
It is a legitimate criticism that can be leveled at anything new. In
this case we can't know the future, but we estimate it from the results
in the dozen states that have lived with medical marijuana long enough
to know, and compare the wording in their laws to the wording in Amendment2.
For public safety, peer reviewed research comparing the 12 states to the
other 38 concludes the following: Traffic fatality rate is down 10%.
Violent crime rates are down 20% - 40%. Opiate overdose death rate is
down 30% - 40%. And adolescent pot smoking has increased less than its
normal year-to-year variation.
For wording, Amendment 2 is more restrictive than any of the 12, all
enacted by citizens initiatives to change their statutes. Its open-ended
list of treatable diseases is like today's accepted practice of
prescribing drugs "off-label". Its most restrictive element is that it
does not provide for home growing. That restriction almost cost it the
support of Bob Jordan, the Parrish caregiver for Cathy Jordan, who lives
on, burdened by ALS, the disease that killed Lou Gehrig.
Voters can't KNOW the future but they can estimate it. I have done that
and will vote for Amendment 2.
John Chase
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Subj: 005 LTE: Re: 'IF POT IS PRESCRIBED, SELL IT AT PHARMACIES' (10-30-14).
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:04:08 -0700
To the Editor of The Union-Tribune:
Re: "IF POT IS PRESCRIBED, SELL IT AT PHARMACIES" (10-30-14).
Pot is a natural herb, a flower and plant. Do pharmacists sell any other
flowers, plants
and herbs? No.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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Subj: 006 LTE: 'After Accidental Start, Medical Marijuana Becomes a Movement', Oct29th
From: John Chase <>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 15:15:21 -0700
Editors, Orlando Sentinel -
Re: After Accidental Start, Medical Marijuana Becomes a Movement, Oct29th
Most Floridians understand the marijuana has wide-ranging medical
benefits, but many of us worry about public safety. For that, we should
consider the experience of the first dozen states to have lived with
medical marijuana laws long enough to know. Based on peer reviewed
research done by criminologists at the University of Texas, economics
professors in universities in Oregon, Montana and California and medical
professionals in Rhode Island, those 12 states, compared to the other
38, are seeing 25-35% fewer opiate overdose deaths, 20%-40% less violent
crime, and 10% fewer traffic fatalities. And only a 0.7% increase in
adolescent pot smoking, less than its typical year-on-year variation.
NoOn2 and the Florida Sheriffs Association try to scare us about public
safety. But it is bogus. Florida is especially safe since Amendment 2 is
more restrictive than any of the first 12 states. Those 12 are graded
from "B" to "D-" by Americans for Safe Access, the flagship national
organization for medical marijuana. Florida gets an "F", largely because
our patients will not have easy access to the plant, not even by home
growing.
John G.Chase
727 787 3085
1620 E Dorchester Dr
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
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