SHOW A LITTLE COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO NEED MARIJUANA

Regarding the recent takedown of the Kamloops Compassion Club Society
by the forces of law and order; some thoughts from a longtime
resident, citizen and taxpayer of the community.

Last year I spent six months on chemotherapy following cancer surgery.
It seems to have worked and I am deeply grateful for the treatment.
But to say it was a miserable experience is an understatement. In my
case no medication worked to counter the negative effects of the
chemicals. The only thing that made it endurable at all was cannabis.

I wouldn't wish chemo or the need for it on any of the forces of
righteousness who have so grimly marshalled the full weight of law
against the supposed "evil" of cannabis. But I would ask that you try
to give some consideration to those it can help.

This is an ideological conflict, not a scientific or rational one.
Science and rationality won hands-down years ago. Dictionaries define
compassion as "a sympathy and concern for the sufferings and
misfortunes of others." One day any of you might need a little of that
compassion yourselves.

Give it a rest, folks.

Howard Neighbour

Kamloops