Blessed are the stoned Re Jamie Pietras's "It's Just a Book" [February
28, villagevoice.com]: With all the protests against Ricardo Cortes's
book It's Just a Plant, it is important for cannabis users to know
where they stand on the issue in biblical terms. It is biblically
correct to re-legalize cannabis, or kaneh bosm (the Hebrew origin of
the word, used in Bibles before the King James version). It is no
accident that the Bible indicates God created all the seed-bearing
plants and said they were all good on literally the very first page of
Genesis (1:11-12 and 29-30). The only biblical restriction placed on
cannabis is that we use it with thanksgiving: See 1 Timothy 4:1-5,
where it even describes who will promote its prohibition-those who
have fallen away from the faith. Many people would also like clergy to
speak up on this issue since Jesus Christ risked going to jail in
order to heal the sick.

Stan White,

Dillon, Colorado