I often wonder why we spend so much time and money on stopping the distribution of marijuana, a relatively harmless natural herb, when we have tens of millions of our citizens taking multiple prescription pills every day; we seem to now have pills for every ailment and worry and it would appear that none of us can be "well" without taking some sort of prescription drugs.

Perhaps we are all just guinea pigs for the drug companies ... Don't you wonder how doctors could possibly know the potential side effects of combining these powerful chemical compositions? Also, what sort of incentives does your health care provider receive for prescribing drugs?

Furthermore, when folks order their prescription drugs through the mail, what kind of controls are there to assure quality of the drugs and that folks are receiving the correct medications? A drug distribution center in the wrong hands is truly a scary thought.

I really hope that President-elect Obama can assure us that our drug supplies are safe because the federal watchdog agencies under the Cheney/Bush administration have certainly been corrupted and reduced to ineptitude at best.