LANDMINES - Ban this horrific weapon

When people step on antipersonnel landmines, their limbs are often ripped to shreds. Those who survive often require limb amputation and seldom have access to pain medication and blood for transfusions, let alone doctors and prosthetic limbs. As American physicians, we are dismayed that the United States, in the face of overwhelming international opposition, retains the right to use a weapon as vile and outdated as the antipersonnel landmine.