PORTLAND - The Yes on Question #2 campaign took a major step forward today, announcing new support from over 175 Maine health care professionals.

"Maine health care workers who are on the front line in caring for chemotherapy and AIDS patients know that marijuana can ease their suffering," said Elizabeth Beane of Mainers for Medical Rights. "I'm so proud that so many of them are courageous enough to stand up for their patients."

Beane, a licensed clinical social worker from Gorham, continued, "Sick and dying people who use marijuana in their treatment are not criminals. Doctors who know marijuana can be helpful, and therefore recommend it to their patients when appropriate, likewise are not criminals. Question 2 makes both of these important facts part of Maine state law."

Maine Health Care Professionals Endorse
Yes! on Question #2 - Medical Marijuana
October 25, 1999

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