Letter to the editor: Green

By Kansan Staff Reports

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Dear Editor:

Yesterday, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) became the latest religious body to endorse legal access to medical marijuana for seriously ill patients. By consensus, the denomination passed a resolution “urging Federal legislation that allows for its use and that provides for the production and distribution of the plant for those purposes.”

The Presbyterian Church (USA) joins the United Methodist Church, Episcopal Church, United Church of Christ, Union for Reform Judaism, Progressive National Baptist Convention and the Unitarian Universalist Association in support of medical marijuana.

On June 28th the US House will vote on the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment which would prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration from arresting medical marijuana patients in those states that allow medical marijuana. Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington have enacted laws protecting patients from arrest by state and local police.

A recent poll conducted by the Drug Policy Forum of Kansas of 500 frequent voters statewide found that 62 percent of Kansans are not opposed to a law allowing people with serious and terminal medical conditions to obtain and use a limited amount of marijuana if recommended by their physician.

If you agree that the doctor-patient relationship should be free from government intrusion, please contact your U.S. representative and ask him to vote YES on the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment.

Laura A. Green

Drug Policy Forum of Kansas

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