POT CRUSADER AT MERCY OF RIGID DOCTORS

My heart goes out to medical cannabis crusader Grant Krieger, of
Calgary, in his noble quest to supply the ill with an ancient and
honourable medicine ("Drug trafficking charges appeal up in smoke, The
Journal, Nov. 6).

The prohibitionists in our midst ought to be ashamed of themselves
that they would stand idly by and let the ill suffer in the name of
the therapeutic state. Grant Krieger ought not to have to be a
medicinal serf at the mercy of the doctors who are proving to be just
as ugly as the priests were when they were in charge of medicine. Holy
water was the only medicine approved by the church when witches were
being burned for curing people with their knowledge of healing plants.
Grant Krieger deserves the Order of Canada for his heroic efforts
against all odds to take on the establishment.

Chris Buors

Winnipeg