PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s top federal prosecutor says medical marijuana has produced a train wreck in the state.
In an interview Tuesday with the Associated Press, U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton expressed skepticism about the numbers of medical pot patients. He says its widespread use means teenagers are getting access to the drug as well.
Holton says he’s not taking exception to the idea that people suffering from cancer or glaucoma, for example, can use medical marijuana.
But, he says, California has 46,000 medical marijuana patients to Oregon’s 39,000, suggesting that Oregon is a “much sicker state” or too many Oregonians are using medical marijuana.
Portland medical marijuana activist Leland Berger says Holton shouldn’t play doctor with the medical needs of patients. Berger says that for killing pain, many prefer marijuana to opiates.
