Is allowing marijuana for the treatment of health problems compassionate?

  • No – it’s a tactic by special interest groups to exploit the sick and dying.
    Source: Keith Stroup, Emory Wheel, 1978. Stroup is founder and Executive Director of NORML: “Next NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is going to focus on legalizing marijuana for cancer chemotherapy patients. We’ll be using the issue as a red herring to give marijuana a good name.”
  • In most states that have allowed marijuana for medical use, the majority of terminally ill persons do not use marijuana to treat their ailments. Source: Bay Area soars above rest of nation in recreational drug use, Eleni Economides, The Examiner Jan-9, 2007. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration