BODY DESIGNED TO RECEIVE CANNABINOIDS

I am a church-going American with Midwestern family values. As a
hobbyist, I have studied herbal medicine for 13 years. As a
professional, I am a forester, with a strong background in the
dynamic relationships between plants and animals in nature.

I believe I was formed by a loving creator who planned out every cell
in my body and yours. This creator gave me cannabinoid receptors
throughout my mammalian body. They were specially designed to receive
cannabinoids from the cannabis (marijuana) plant. There is no other
reason for them to exist. They are strongest in the brain, the immune
system, and -- in women -- the uterus. When these receptors receive
cannabinoids, they are soothed and healed.

It has already been proven countless times that marijuana can be used
as a strong treatment for many ailments. Most recently, it has been
shown that injecting THC (the potent chemical in marijuana) into
inoperable brain tumors reduces their size. Do I believe that very
sick people should have access to good medicine? Yes! Because I
believe in human rights, not in suffering, entropy and unnecessary death.

Our creator created many good medicines for us. Salicylic acid
(aspirin) was originally found in the bark from the willow
(Salicaceae family) tree and then synthesized into the aspirin pill
we all recognize and use today.

The willow tree and its medicine was given to us as a gift, and we
recognized it and used it. Why can we not do the same with marijuana?
Medical-grade marijuana is very carefully bred to not give people
that stupid, silly "high" feeling, but to heal sick people. Just like
breeding corn to produce the maximum amount of food, medical-grade
marijuana is bred by specialists who grow it to produce the maximum
amount of medicine.

What could possibly be a negative outcome from any of this?

I urge anyone who believes in human rights and/or a loving creator to
vote yes for medical marijuana statewide.

Guinevere A. Barr

Kalamazoo