Unqualified Pot Shots

Re “A New Tack on Medical Pot Use,” Nov. 25: Richard Meyer of the DEA has every right as a private citizen to express his personal opinion that medical use of marijuana is more harmful than it is beneficial. But I see no MD after his name. Does he consider his personal opinion about the medical use of marijuana to be more valid than the professional judgments of people who have earned the right, through hard work and sacrifice, to put MD after their names?

There are very good reasons why practicing medicine without a license is a crime. Meyer and the rest of the DEA should think very hard about that before they issue another opinion on this matter.

Patricia Schwarz

Pasadena