Pharma industry fears the herb

Published 4:12 pm Thursday, May 29, 2014

Thanks for publishing Froma Harrop’s thoughtful column: “Fight heroin with legal marijuana.”

Is there any legitimate reason that a natural herb that has never killed anybody should be classified the same as heroin? I think not.

I know from personal experience that marijuana is a substitute for potentially deadly painkillers like Vicodin and is also a substitute for alcohol.

The pharmaceutical industry knows this and so does the alcohol industry. And this is probably why marijuana remains a criminalized substance.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.