MARIJUANA IS A PLANT, NOT A DRUG

Shirley A. Thomas' letter ("Marijuana is a dangerous drug", May 27,
2009) wants people to believe cannabis (marijuana) is a dangerous
drug, but relatively speaking it is neither.

Cannabis is less addictive than coffee, safer than beer, wine or
whiskey and hasn't killed a person in over 5,000 years of documented
use, while cigarettes kill over 1,000 Americans daily. Is it 100
percent safe? No. Should underage youth use the relatively safe,
God-given plant? No. Should responsible adult humans be caged for
using the plant cannabis? No, absolutely not. Should citizens lose
their jobs for using cannabis after work instead of drinking a glass
of wine? No, that's discrimination.

Further, cannabis isn't a drug, it's a plant. Plant: as in Christ God
Our Father, The Ecologician created all the seed bearing plants
indicating they're all good on literally the very first page of the Bible.

It's time to stop prohibiting, persecuting and exterminating what God
says is good.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.