POT'S ILLEGALITY HAS IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS

Editor:

Regarding the recent raid and closure of the Canadian Safe Cannabis
Society by the forces of law and order, here are some thoughts from a
longtime resident, citizen and taxpayer of Kamloops:

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.

However, I would ask that they try to give some consideration to those
cannabis 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 the forces of righteousness might need a little of
that compassion.

Give it a rest, folks.

Howard Neighbor

Kamloops