Patients deserve access to medical marijuana
Allison Barker Watson is a former Tennessee assistant district attorney for the 13th Judicial District. She is also a board member of the Tennessee Research Institute and a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
To protect and serve. This honorable calling is what leads most members of law enforcement to choose their career. It is why I eventually chose to be a prosecutor. Protecting society from criminals and seeing that justice is served is important and noble work. When I envisioned prosecuting criminals, people who murder, rape, assault and steal always came to mind. Punishing sick patients over their choice of medicine — veterans with PTSD; parents whose children are suffering from disease; people stricken with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, cancer and other terminal illnesses — never entered my mind.
Protecting people from themselves is the job of families, schools, churches and the health care system. It is not the job of the criminal justice system. Doctors and researchers are best...
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