More on ONDCP's Nonsense About San Francisco Dispensaries

This little brouhaha is generating a lot of attention. Now Wired News weighs in with an amusing item.

But it's important to remember that this is serious stuff. While ONDCP continues to denounce medical marijuana as a "fraud," here's what the city of San Francisco's health director, Dr. Mitchell Katz, had to say about federal raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in a letter to the U.S. Senate a few years ago:

""Patients who use medical cannabis are persons with immune disorders, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and spinal cord injuries, to name a few. Patients who turn to medical cannabis are generally unable to find relief for their chronic pain and nausea through other treatment methods.

"[DEA raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco] have resulted in nearly 4,000 persons with chronic illness left without access to critical treatment upon which they depend. Certainly in this post-September 11 environment, it seems that a DEA priority punishing organizations for distributing medical cannabis to chronically ill individuals is misplaced."