Medical oversight of cannabis oil would help patients
In response to a doctor’s comments on the Georgia CBD Oil Registry (“Medical marijuana poses unregulated risk to state’s kids,” Readers Write, April 10), I can appreciate his concerns about patient safety. I would argue, however, that the law is a much-needed step in the right direction. Patients with a variety of medical conditions are seeking out and using cannabinoid products when traditional therapies fail them. As a physician, I would prefer to be a part of their treatment plan. We need to bring cannabinoid products in from the shadows and help guide patients to options that have been screened for quality and purity. Patients, both pediatric and adult, are moving forward with or without our guidance.
DR. BEN THROWER, ROSWELL
Left seems to have outsize influence on GOP lawmakers
Thanks to the AJC for reporting that Republican Speaker, David Ralston, held the Georgia House in session past the midnight deadline to pass legislation for which his son was a paid lobbyist. The bill concerned state purchase and use of traffic enforcement cameras.
In contrast, ecstatic corporate-funded anti-enforcement immigration groups are taking credit for killing an anti-crime bill on which Ralston did not allow a vote.
Now as dead as Pancho Villa, SB452 mandated notification to federal immigration authorities when criminal illegal aliens are captured in Georgia and required the Department of Corrections to make public a quarterly report on the immigration status and number of non-citizens in the Georgia prison system.
House leadership had a simple explanation on the importance of immigration enforcement: “We ran out of time before we had finished all the bills that were worthwhile,” said House Majority Whip, Christian Coomer. “Other bills took priority and SB452 wasn’t called before the clock struck midnight.”
This independent conservative voter envies the GOP political connections the Left has in Georgia.
D.A. KING, MARIETTA, PRESIDENT, THE DUSTIN INMAN SOCIETY
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