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Re: Medical marijuana

Bruce Webb, whose letter about medical marijuana was published in the
Aug. 2 edition of The Daily Gleaner, demonstrates a common flaw in his
argument - inadequate perspective.

Allowing state control is the very mechanism that got us into the
genocide that is prohibition in the first place.

Everyone has an endocannabinoid system, meaning everyone is wired to
accept the more than dozen active compounds in cannabis. Therefore it
can only function as medicine, but not for everyone.

The medical profession has been under relentless pressure to withhold
cannabis from the public. Placing faith in doctors is a crapshoot in
this country.

The system is terminally flawed. That's its fail-safe. Work the rest
out if you can.

Bruce Codere

Fox Creek, Alta.