Pubdate: Tue, 17 Jun 2003
Source: Summit Daily News (CO)
Copyright: 2003 Summit Daily News
Contact:  http://www.summitdaily.com/home.php
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/587
Author:  Robert Cooper
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Author: Robert Cooper
Note: Robert Cooper already wrote one LTE, refered in that series.
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MORE POT SHOTS ABOUT USE OF MARIJUANA

I'd like to point out that letter-writer Stan White never mentioned the use 
of marijuana for medical purposes, so my response had nothing to do with 
using it for medicinal purposes, although the chemical in marijuana that 
has supposedly eased the pain of people suffering from diseases such as 
glaucoma is THC, and is available in pill form, without having to break any 
laws.

Since Stan never mentioned the medical aspect of smoking pot, I figured 
he's a supporter of NORML, an organization that believes marijuana use 
should be regulated like alcohol.

But unlike marijuana, I've never seen a study that showed that 85 percent 
of hard drug users went from drinking a beer or two to shooting heroin or 
smoking crack or crank.

My (and your) constitutional and civil rights are not being reduced one 
iota because pot is illegal.

He calls pot a "god-given medicinal herb." Please, spare me the religious 
lesson, ye of little faith.

Just about every illegal and legal drug starts out as some kind of plant 
created by nature.

Your argument is pathetic and fallacious.

Robert Cooper

Breckenridge
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