FROM BAD TO WORSE

How odd that letter writer James P. Anderson ["Gone to Pot
(http://www.mountainx.com/opinion/2006/0719letters.php)," July 19]
would first concede he has no affiliation with any Christian
denomination or sect, only to immediately tell us that Jesus would be
opposed to a common weed. If Anderson was familiar with Christian
doctrine and had read even the first page of the Bible, he would know
that God created the medicinal herb cannabis and gave it to mankind
for our use. So, is he saying that God made a mistake? Or that Jesus
was at odds with His own Father?

Anderson then goes on to prove himself no more astute a scientist
than he is theologian, with his ludicrous assertion as fact that
marijuana destroys brain cells. Actually, if Anderson had made the
effort to do a bit of research on his own, rather than simply relying
on government propaganda financed by Big Pharma Inc., he would know
that the research actually shows marijuana to have a beneficial,
protective effect on nerve cells. Which is why it is being explored
as a promising treatment regime for infirmities such as multiple
sclerosis and Alzheimer's.

Drug abuse is bad. Attempting to use the words of God to condemn the
works of God is worse.

- - Greg Francisco

Paw Paw, Mich.