Pubdate: Mon, 26 Feb 2007
Source: Statesman Journal (Salem, OR)
Copyright: 2007 Statesman Journal
Contact:  http://www.statesmanjournal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/427
Author: Victor T. Reppeto
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MEDICAL-MARIJUANA BILL RAISES CONCERNS

I read the Feb. 8 Associated Press article, "Bill would allow 
medical-marijuana users to be fired for failing drug tests." I agree 
with Andrea Meyer of the ACLU who said in the article that "This bill 
doesn't make us any safer."

That this amendment would apply to medical-marijuana and not other 
prescriptions indicates that zero-tolerance is a simplistic way to 
approach a complex issue. Legalizing and taxing the use of 
non-THC-bearing hemp would be no less complex but much more 
productive especially considering the expanding bio-fuel industry in 
Oregon and the exploding cost of building products.

Victor T. Reppeto

Salem
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