"But I suspect that most of the people eager to vote yes on the new ballot measures aren’t suffering from glaucoma, Alzheimer’s or chemo-induced nausea. Many of them just want to get stoned legally. That’s why I, like many other doctors, am unimpressed with the proposed legislation, which would legalize marijuana irrespective of any medical condition".
(Sanjay Gupta, nuovo Surgeon General di Obama, a proposito del suo "no" al referendum per la legalizzione di piccole quantità di droghe leggere)
9 Gennaio 2009