Pubdate: Tue, 24 May 2011 Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA) Copyright: 2011 Chico Enterprise-Record Contact: http://www.chicoer.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/861 Note: Letters from newspaper's circulation area receive publishing priority Author: Terry Givens Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n323/a07.html WAHL SHOULD LOOK AT REAL HEALTH HAZARDS I am responding to a letter Butte County Supervisor Larry Wahl wrote in regards to preventing people in possession of marijuana prescriptions from growing medical marijuana on their own land. His position violates our property rights and impedes a person with a prescription from growing marijuana plants on their own land. If he is going to take that position that marijuana smells and it offends people in the county area, then I would like to take the position that almond, walnut and rice growers cease from spraying known harmful chemicals (fungicides, herbicides and pesticides of which there are many dangerous chemicals that the common public isn't ever allowed to buy, but farmers are) that affect us all who live in Durham and the surrounding county areas. My husband Gary died only two short years ago from Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. My husband's body, when tested, was riddled with agricultural chemicals and metals. My personal loss does not take into account the endless farmers in Butte County who have died from cancers and Lou Gehrig's Disease that could be heavily linked to the agricultural chemical use in Durham and Butte County. American Cancer Society statistics name Butte County as one of the areas with the highest rates of cancer in the state. Wahl should revise his position and consider the health of this county and seriously look at the high cancer rates here instead of concerning himself with limiting rights of property owners. - - Terry Givens, Durham - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom