There’s Use and Abuse

Drug Enforcement administrator Thomas Constantine’s comments berating the Murphy Brown character for “abusing” marijuana to counteract the nauseous effects of chemotherapy again confirms the sad fact that these drug “warriors” consistently ignore the views of the majority of Americans who realize the obvious difference between substance use and substance abuse (“ ‘Murphy’ Irks DEA Head,” Morning Report, Nov. 7).

JIM HARRIGAN

Rancho Palos Verdes

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Drug Enforcement administrator Thomas Constantine recently objected to the message he considered contained in the recent “Murphy Brown” episode concerning the medical use of marijuana.

Debating the nation’s laws and the wisdom of its policies is precisely what the American people should be doing. The nation would be better served if the head of its Drug Enforcement Administration concerned itself with a regulating conduct rather than attempting to regulate the national debate.

ROBERT JAY GROSSMAN

Los Angeles