Pubdate: Wed, 17 Jun 2015
Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA)
Copyright: 2015 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.
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Author: Brett Gilbert
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n312/a09.html

FOLLOW THE MONEY ON MARIJUANA OPPOSITION

The op-ed the U-T chose to run opposing the legalization of medical 
marijuana ("Medical marijuana not a healthy solution," June 12) was 
so strongly crafted from within the current system of big pharmacy 
controlling medical physicians that I had to provide some thoughts.

The associations Mr. Gogek cites as being opposed to medical cannabis 
are infiltrated by big pharmacy, telling us to put their chemicals 
into our bodies, creating huge profits, with substantial harm and 
side effects. Marijuana is a natural treatment, with no additives or 
man-made features, growing freely as a weed in nature.

Let's have an open and honest dialogue that compares alternatives.

Fear and deception is not the way to get to a proper solution. This 
is a plant, not plutonium. People can benefit from it.

Brett Gilbert

Pacific Beach
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