Portland Tribune, 13 Sep 2012 – I agree 100 percent the need to end marijuana prohibition nationwide (End expensive marijuana prohibition, Aug. 23). This would save our ever declining farmers from losing their farms and create millions of jobs, not to mention the benefits to our ecosystem.
posted on December 19, 2011 by
US NM: Editorial: Will Medical Pot Unit Blow The Secrecy Away?
Albuquerque Journal, 19 Dec 2011 – Our biggest priority is to make sure that (New Mexico’s medical marijuana) program runs efficiently and effectively and that the patients are served in a timely manner.=94 =AD Health Secretary Dr. Catherine Torres
posted on August 3, 2011 by
US NM: Editorial: Medical Pot Goes Public
Albuquerque Journal, 03 Aug 2011 – The first New Mexico Medical Marijuana and Natural Healing Expo was held in Albuquerque last weekend, and thousands were expected to attend. It points out the ridiculous position advanced just a year ago by then Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil, who insisted that public revelation of the doctors or producers involved would lead to catastrophe — even though doctors and growers were already openly advertising their services on the Internet.
posted on July 26, 2011 by
US NM: Editorial: DEA Shouldn’t Offer Medical Opinions
Clovis News Journal, 21 Jul 2011 – Once again, government servants have told Americans that marijuana ranks right up there with heroin. The Drug Enforcement Agency ruled on July 8 that marijuana has "no accepted medical use" and will continue as a schedule 1 drug – the most forbidden category. The DEA is a law enforcement bureaucracy. The medical opinions of law enforcement bureaucrats should be of little interest. We do not ask cops to make laws; we pay cops to enforce the laws established by constitutions or enacted by the people or the decisions of their representatives.
