CANNABIS IS MEDICINE

I applaud Great Britain's recent move to liberalize its marijuana laws.

It's about time someone took action to show the world the benefits from
this benign herb far outweigh any dangers. It's one thing for countries
such as the Netherlands to go legal, but for a major power to do so offers
hope for mankind.

That society misunderstands and is apprehensive of marijuana and the
culture it has already sprouted is understandable, given the proximity to
our neighbours to the south and their demonization of the herb.

However, we all know that someone who smokes a marijuana joint does not go
home and beat his wife. Even the police know that. But, to tell you the
truth, nothing more harmful should go into your lungs except oxygen. That
part of the culture is indeed harmful. The best way to use the cannabis
plant is to ingest it. Cannabis butter, used in baking, causes little, if
any, psychoactive sensation. The worst that will happen if you over-ingest
is a good night's sleep.

The best that will happen is you will not only feel better, you may also
get better. In my father-in-law's case, his cancer all but disappeared and
his quality of life vastly improved. God put the cannabis plant on this
earth to be used as a medicine.

Grant Cluff

The Krieger Foundation

(Marijuana may relieve symptoms, but it is irresponsible to suggest, as you
seem to be, that it can cure cancer.)