High culture.In The Week (May 22), your discussion of the medicinal medicinal /me·dic·i·nal/ (mi-dis´in-il) having healing qualities; pertaining to a medicine. me·dic·i·nal adj. Of, relating to, or having the properties of medicine. benefits of marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. ends with the rhetorical question rhetorical question n. A question to which no answer is expected, often used for rhetorical effect. rhetorical question Noun : "If some suffering patients believe they can find comfort in smoking dope, and they don't interfere with anyone else, what legitimate interest does the state have in prosecuting them?" That leads to a second question: If some patients find comfort in smoking crack, sniffing sniff v. sniffed, sniff·ing, sniffs v.intr. 1. a. To inhale a short, audible breath through the nose, as in smelling something. b. To sniffle. 2. coke, or shooting heroin, what legitimate interest does the state have in prosecuting them? If you can answer the second question, you've answered the first. James G. Baird Woodstock, Ga. THE EDITORS REPLY: We ask with the understanding that doctors and patients, including senior editor Richard Brookhiser Richard Brookhiser, an American journalist, biographer and historian, is a senior editor at National Review and columnist for The New York Observer. He is most widely known for a series of biographies of America's founders, including Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur , have found medical marijuana both helpful and non-addicting. NATIONAL REVIEW encourages letters to the editor. Letters should be submitted by e-mail to letters@nationalreview.com. Please include your full name, address, and daytime phone number. Letters will be edited for space and clarity. |
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