Reader Response

October, 1997

Medicinal SmokeReaders of Dr. Lester Grinspoon and James Bakalar's excellent article on medicinal marijuana ("Smoke Screen," The Playboy Forum, June) should be happy to learn of a major legal victory. California's new medicinal marijuana law will continue to function as the voters intended, thanks to a ruling by a federal judge this past spring.When the federal government threatened to punish doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients, a group of doctors and patients filed a cla...