Pubdate: Wed, 02 Feb 2011
Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Copyright: 2011 Metro Times, Inc
Contact:  http://www.metrotimes.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1381
Author: Karen Mulhern
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n1054/a04.html

BIBLE STUDY TIME

I am sympathetic to your views on marijuana, but, in your attempt to 
rely on the insights of the Bible to make your point, you have gotten 
your facts wrong. When the biblical God spoke of herbs, he was 
talking mainly about things like cinnamon, chicory, cooking herbs and 
so on. He was not referring to cannabis sativa.

Check out these scriptures before discussing the Christian 
perspective on the regular use of marijuana: Genesis, 3:18; Numbers, 
11: 18; Luke, 9:23-25; Galatians, 5:19-21 and Ephesians, 5:13.

And then there is the issue of heroin, or opiates in general, which 
our pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies push as an antidote for 
physical pain. Is that not a classification of drugs that is highly 
addictive? Trying to make arguments without having done adequate 
research is absurd. Get to know the Bible and its viewpoints before 
citing it as a source when making an argument.

Karen Mulhern, Lincoln Park
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