Pubdate: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 Source: Wall Street Journal (US) Page: A9 Copyright: 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Contact: http://www.wsj.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/487 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n329/a11.html Author: Ginny Bradley-Elizandro MARIJUANA -- SAFE DRUG FOR 5,000 YEARS Our society is wrong in equating use of marijuana as a illegal drug with the use of cannabis as a prescribed narcotic. Thankfully, no one I am close to is in this situation, but if they were, I would support their "breaking of the law" without reservation. With all due respect to our justices, I wonder how their decision would have differed had Ms. Raich been the daughter or sister of one of them. Ginny Bradley-Elizandro Wayne, Pa. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake