MEDICINAL USE OF CANNABIS IS REAL

We all agree drug abuse is a problem. Reformers say there is a better
way to handle it. Our politicians play on our fears to make us more
accepting of their waste of our precious lives and resources.

Drug abuse, including alcohol, is a medical problem and we'll do a
better job of keeping kids drug free and inebriated folks off the road
with compassionate policy offering helpful treatment

War creates a booming economy for some on the suffering of many. Drug
warriors are so befuddled by the noble idea of preventing drug abuse,
they ignore the lessons of history.

No legitimate business lasts long if it kills its customers or
shoots the competition. No legitimate business would sell drugs to
children or recruit minors to sell to their peers. This happened during alcohol
prohibition and it is happening today. Once again, prohibition
triggers more danger to the user and society by increasing violent
crime and corruption of public officials.

It is down right sinister, a crime against humanity, for the medicinal
use of cannabis to be suppressed!

Patients all over the world testify to cannabis' help in treating
chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, gastrointestinal tract disorders and
HIV/AIDS. Some scientists speculate that cannabinoids play a
protective role in the brain, slowing the rate of disease. Studies
have shown it to slow the growth of three kinds of cancer in mice -
lung and breast cancer, and a virus-induced leukemia and in another
study THC destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats. Most recently, a
study has shown it is far more effective than available Alzheimer
drugs to halt the disease's progression.

Leaders responsible for current quagmire will one day answer to a
higher power for their crimes against humanity. It's time to end the
terror by changing our intrusive, big-bully policies, both foreign and
domestic. The monetary costs are staggering and the human suffering
unconscionable.

Bonnie Colleen McCool

Stephenville, Texas