Pubdate: Wed, 14 Jul 1999
Source: Edmonton Sun (Canada)
Copyright: 1999, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonSun/
Forum: http://www.canoe.ca/Chat/home.html
Author: R. H. MacLachlan
Comment: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor; headline by newshawk

Five hundred years ago progressive thinkers were touting the virtues of a
newly discovered herb as being able to alleviate the symptoms of a variety
of ailments. It has taken five centuries to determine the incidence of
tobacco-related diseases far outweighs any "medicinal value" it might have.
Let's not make the same mistake with marijuana.

R. H. MacLachlan

(Apples and oranges. If there is a doctor-approved medicinal value, we
support it.)

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