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SMOKIN'

Hazy hyperbole: People need to learn to tolerate other people's lifestyles.  If others enjoy smoking marijuana and you don't, then don't do it ( "The Bong Show," Ray Stern, August 16 ).  But don't tell other people what they can and cannot do. 

There are plenty of people who use it for medical reasons, and although the article doesn't allude to it, you can bypass most of the harmful toxins by using a vaporizer or ingesting the cannabis through food. 

Cannabis is the most benign of "illicit" drugs.  No one in history has ever died from the stuff.  In fact, in many countries, the elderly attribute their long lives to it. 

Henry Anslinger, via the Internet