Pubdate: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA) Nov 2006Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA) Copyright: 2006 The Modesto Bee Contact: http://www.modbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/271 Author: Bruce W. Westfall DRUG FIRMS FIGHTING MEDICAL POT To the people that think marijuana for medical use is bad for everyone, I have a few questions: How many deaths reported from an overdose of marijuana in the U.S. in the last 100 years? How many cases of deaths are from an overdose of drugs you buy from your drug store in the last year? How many deaths are from an overdose of any other drugs in the last month? The war on medical marijuana is from the drug makers that give hundreds of millions to put people in the White House to stop the use of medical marijuana. The drug makers can't make billions on the sale of medical marijuana. The drug makers make pain medications, pills to help stop the damage that pain pills do to your body and then make more pills to stop the damage that they do your body. Medical marijuana helps lowers your blood pressure, reduces their stress, reduces their pain, and they want to eat also. If you have ever taken care of a dying person, you know what I am talking about. BRUCE W. WESTFALL Modesto - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom