Pubdate: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 Source: New York Times (NY) Copyright: 2010 The New York Times Company Contact: http://www.nytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n038/a05.html Author: Henry Cohen MEDICAL MARIJUANA To the Editor: Re "Compassion in New Jersey" (editorial, Jan. 13): New Jersey's legalization of medically prescribed marijuana is not, as you state, a "show of compassion." It is the righting of a wrong. It is profoundly immoral to make criminals of people for using marijuana for medical purposes (or to relax or get high). Henry Cohen Baltimore - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake