Prop. 8 decision an insult

The latest decision of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding Proposition 8 is the latest insult to all American voters (“Prop. 8 closer to high court after denial of rehearing,” June 6).

The Constitution of the United States was founded on the will of the people, not a revised edition of interpretation of it by a court. When we lose the true will of the people by its vote, we are no longer the great democracy that was founded by the Founding Fathers.

Why crack down?

Barack Obama promised during his 2008 campaign to end the war on medical cannabis, saying his administration was not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state (medical marijuana) laws.

Well, here we are, reeling from one of the most severe crackdowns on the medical cannabis community ever. Federal attacks have resulted in the closing of some of our oldest and best regulated medical cannabis dispensaries and a warning that nobody is immune from action by the federal government.

It’s a real shame, too, because President Obama recently took a stand for marriage equality. But the use of medical marijuana under the care and supervision of a licensed medical professional has even more support; it consistently carries 80 percent support in nationwide polling.

The closure of dispensaries does not mean that these thousands of people will stop buying and using medical marijuana. Patients will now simply have to find marijuana elsewhere, probably on the streets. They are sick, in pain and should be afforded the same access to marijuana as they would any other medicine.

Mr. President, please do the right thing and take a stand for all patients in need of safe access to their medicine.