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TO THE EDITOR
The author went on to intimate that
patients can’t obtain medical marijuana
and that one local dispensary is
singlehandedly meeting their needs. Yes,
some patients have trouble obtaining their
medical marijuana. A bigger story is that
the Oregon Legislature secretly raised the
fees for OMMP patients, with the intent
that many would drop out of the program
because they can’t afford a card. That is
sure to drive them to the black market.
Sadly, the article barely mentioned one
of the most important aspects of medical
marijuana — it helps people decrease
or eliminate their use of more dangerous
drugs. In a survey of our patients this year,
66 percent had used medical marijuana
to quit or decrease their use of pain
medication! Oregon (and the feds) are
making a big mistake when they ignore this
fact. Most people don’t want to be addicts
and will choose a less harmful option for
treating their pain. This documented harm
reduction strategy not only saves on the
cost of drugs, but can prevent health care
costs due to adverse effects of opiates, and
even avoid rehabilitation expenses.
Marijuana prohibition is an important
issue that deserves better than this kind of
coverage.
Cheryl K. Smith
Eugene
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for your holiday get together
My friend and I were relieved to
discover the Zombie Apocalypse survival
kit in the Weekly. Particularly, we were
glad to see inclusion of ever-useful duct
tape. But, we believe you have left out
a number of critical items that should be
included in any robust zombie ready kit.
The year 2012 is but a month away so let’s
get down to brass tacks here:
• Item 16: machete. No zombie-fearing
citizen will be able to sleep soundly with
out a machete under her pillow. $11 at
Eugene True Value.
• Item 17: night vision goggles. How
can anyone expect to spot zombies during
those long, frigid, frightening hours
between dusk and dawn without of decent
pair of NVG’s? Plus there is some utility in
the fright factor in looking like a member
of the riot. Just ask the LAPD. $70+ at
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• Item 18: high powered crossbow.
Didn’t you guys know that zombies can
hear gunshot blasts from miles away?
Anyone interested staying alive would do
wise employ a high-powered weapon that
doesn’t elicit a zombie feeding frenzy by
loudly broadcasting the user’s coordinates.
DIY on the cheap, can be made with
everyday materials important in any
apocalypse situation.
Olallie Stahl Wellborn,
age 11 zombie expert,
and Angela Navarra
Eugene
THE ART OF PIZZA
Wow, a pizza letter! I was excited. I
grew up in New York and consider myself
somewhat of a pizza snob. Like bagels,
knishes and Italian ices, there are some
things that we New Yorkers know about
and pizza is up at the top of that list. So,
Bill Shaw (11/17) writes that pizza in
Eugene sucks (almost agree) and that the
closest thing to the real thing is Provisions.
So what do I do? I run right out and try this
delicacy. Big mistake.
The remark that La Perla is a close
second should have tipped me off! No, let
me correct that: The remark of PRI being
no good should have tipped me off. Let me
set the record straight. PRI is delicious and
awesome! But hey, it’s not really “pizza.”
Provisions and La Perla, well, they’re
someone’s ideal of what “pizza” should
be, and they’re not terrible, but they pale
in comparison to good food, let alone good
pizza. Let’s face facts: N.Y. pizza rules and
the only place in Oregon to come close to
an actual slice of real pizza is, and always
will be Sy’s Pizza. My kids stopped eating
pizza (“We hate pizza, dad!”) until one day
I bought a slice at Sy’s and they devoured
it. I realized something: they don’t hate
pizza, they hate bad pizza. They know the
real thing when they eat it.
Jared Wolfsen
Eugene
WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING?
In hard times, it might help to ask,
“What keeps you going?” The answers are
not carved in stone and shift depending on
circumstances. But on refl ection a little
more clarity may emerge.
Here are six things that keep me going
at this moment: 1) A Republican majority
in the House saves me from complacency,
though I refuse to let them set my agenda.
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