Pubdate: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 Source: Record, The (Stockton, CA) Copyright: 2009 The Record Contact: http://www.recordnet.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/428 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1175/a03.html Author: Stan White PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY TO USE MARIJUANA It's time to quit abusing sick citizens ("Medical pot cards to be issued," Dec. 31, The Record) by making them pay for the privilege of using a beneficial God-given plant. Cannabis (kaneh bosm/marijuana) - known to many people as the tree of life of which the very last page of the Bible indicates its leaves are for the healing of the nations - is to be used freely. Making sick people pay the state $141 per year to use cannabis to keep from being caged is a luciferous extortion. Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake