Re: Marijuana advocate convicted. Calgary Herald, June 17.

Cannabis is a safe and effective medicine. Many chemo therapy patients
use it to reduce nausea and vomiting and many AIDS patients use it to
increase their appetite. Marijuana has been a part of mainstream North
America for over 30 years. For a large part of society it is widely
accepted.

The journal Pharmacological Reviews states after decades of research
that compared with legal drugs, marijuana does not pose greater risks.
Prescription drugs defined as safe by the FDA kill up to 27,000
Americans a year. Aspirin has killed 1,000 people. Cannabis kill zero
people a year.

Using marijuana for medical reasons can be argued back and forth by
experts as well as users. I'm not saying Krieger should be giving it
out on the steps of the court house. What I'm saying is if it makes a
person feel better, and it lessens their pain, why wouldn't you smoke
it?

Melanie E. Trigger
Calgary