Pubdate: Mon, 06 Jan 1997
Source: San Francisco Examiner (CA)
Author: Dennis Peron

We and others were very disappointed in the response of the California
Medical Association's president-elect, Dr. Roland C. Lowe, to the federal
government's threats to strip doctors of their license to prescribe
medicine (AIDs doctors assail pot policy, Jan. 1). I thought CMA was there
to protect the public and its doctors.

When the first physician goes to jail for recommending the compassionate
use of marijuana, Lowe's mean-spiritedness will come back to haunt him. His
contempt for the voters matches the contempt shown by the loser
politicians. If Lowe is really concerned about children and drugs, why
doesn't he speak out on the drugs that are killing our children, like
alcohol and cigarettes?

Dennis Peron
Director
Californians for Compassionate Use
San Francisco.