Pubdate: Sat, 5 Jul 2008
Source: Nanaimo Daily News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2008 Nanaimo Daily News
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1608
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n610/a05.html
Author: Andrew S. Brown
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal - Canada)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)

MANY STILL UNEDUCATED ABOUT WONDERS OF POT

Re: 'Marijuana for medical use has got bad rap' (Your Letters, Daily News,
June 19).

I would publicly like to commend the writer.

I fully support the complete legalization of marijuana for industrial,
medical and recreational purposes.

Unfortunately, many people are still uneducated about the benefits of
this amazing plant, and people like the writer are stigmatized by
their community, when in reality she should be held in high regard as
an example of an individual able to meet their own medical needs,
without any cost to the medicare system.

The harm that prohibition creates far outweighs the harm of
responsible cannabis consumption. An individual should have every
right to consume a natural plant, and the burden of risk should be
with the consumer, who must research any conflicting side effects.

Legalize and tax it. Alcohol kills more people and destroys more lives
than cannabis. The current number of deaths related to cannabis use
still sits at zero. Be responsible.

Andrew S. Brown,
Nanaimo
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