WRITER MISINFORMED ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA

To the editor:

Re: 'Are you kidding me?', letter to the editor regarding Cannabis Day, durhamregion.com, July 11, 2011.

The letter writer is terribly misinformed about cannabis and its
medical use.

Talk to Ben Fudge. He is an Oshawa man who can hardly move because of
his medical condition. He requires cannabis for pain relief and just
to have a somewhat normal life.

He is not just "masking his symptoms with a great big buzz", he is
getting real pain relief. Does the letter writer live with pain? Does
the person know how much pain can ruin one's quality of life?

The real crock is people like this who would deny people like Ben
Fudge pain relief because of their own personal prejudices against a
plant that has never killed anyone in the history of recorded time.

Please join us in the 21st century and stop the prejudice against
cannabis.

Michael Gabona

Scugog