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.) - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D