GOD PUT PLANTS HERE ON EARTH FOR US TO USE

Regarding David Hampson's assertion that cannabis (marijuana) is bad
("Maybe people should try God instead of marijuana," May 16 A8)
should only be used with a doctor's prescription (permission) and to
pray to God for an alternative - Hampson has it backwards.

Cannabis use for pain is safer than every man-made alternative
available, including aspirin. In more than 5,000 years of documented
use it has not killed one single person; that's safety on a biblical scale.

I've prayed for years for Our Father to show me the truth about
cannabis as He wishes for me to know it and show me so clearly that I
can explain it to other people too.

He continuously leads me to the very first page of the Bible, where
He indicates He created all the seed-bearing plants, saying they're
all good. The only biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that it
is to be accepted with thankfulness (see 1 Timothy 4:1-5).

Many people know of cannabis as the tree of life, and the very last
page of the Bible indicates the leaves of the tree of life are for
the healing of the nations.

People do not need permission to use what God created for us and says
is good from the beginning. Caging humans for using what God says is
good is the work of Satan.

Stan White, Dillon