PRESCRIBED DRUGS KILL; POT DOES NOT

According to a statement in Gov't gives OK to marijuana use for ill _
doctors fume (July 28), The Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine,
representing doctors specializing in addiction treatment, argues "there is
more risk than benefit" and is calling for more clinical research. Now,
think about this.

How many people receive chemotherapy for cancer, when the fact is they
don't have cancer at all?

How many people are prescribed dangerous pharmaceuticals for heart disease
when they do not have heart disease?

Many deaths are caused by prescription drugs.

Many fewer deaths are caused by illicit drugs such as crack, meth, heroin
etc. Zero deaths from marijuana.

Yet you will go to prison if you are caught possessing one of these drugs
and you will go to prison for a very long time if you are caught selling
one of these drugs.

The bottom line is that the drug dealer on the corner is responsible for
far fewer deaths than medical doctors.

The difference is that the drug dealer on the corner does not have a
licence to kill, as the MD does.

Paul Thompson,

Albert Street East