Pubdate: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 Source: New Castle News (PA) Copyright: 2013 New Castle News Contact: http://www.ncnewsonline.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4228 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n556/a02.html Author: Stan White MEDICAL MARIJUANA HAS LONG RECORD OF SAFETY NEW CASTLE - Editor, The News: Re: Local family moving for marijuana treatment, Nov. 20. As a Colorado citizen who helped re-legalize cannabis (marijuana) for sick people, I welcome the Houk family. The list of scientific evidence proving cannabis contains medical and life-saving qualities is staggering and it's growing nationally and internationally every month. Cannabis has been used medically for more than 5,000 years with out a single death. Zero. That's safety on a Biblical scale. A sane or scientific argument to cage sick citizens for using the relatively safe God-given plant cannabis doesn't exist. Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom