Pubdate: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Copyright: 2010 The Ottawa Citizen Contact: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/326 Author: Russell Barth MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAN HELP IN ALZHEIMER'S Re: Study warns of dementia's ravages, Jan. 4. Medical marijuana has been positively considered in treating symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, but also in blocking a protein that causes it. But don't bother telling anyone. They won't believe it -- no matter how much science you show them. And even if they do, they will still put grandpa on Thorazine because that is what they think they are supposed to do. They would rather have him throwing a tantrum in the mall than, heaven forbid, smoking a joint. Russell Barth, Nepean Educators for Sensible Drug Policy - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom