SAFER THAN ASPIRIN

RE "MARIJUANA not okay: CMA boss," (March 12): Cannabis is often cited as
being comparable to tobacco, with the damage caused by smoking tobacco
given as a reason to prohibit use of cannabis. Lung damage concerns
associated with the use of medical cannabis, have as their basis a moralist
stance rather then a scientific one.

Cannabis, in fact, is safer than aspirin. Considering the anti-cannabis
bias -- i.e. "Reefer BADNESS" -- to be found at the Physicians for a
Smoke-Free Canada website, it is no wonder cannabis is never requested by
dying patients in Henry Haddad's home town of Sherbrooke.

Statements such as "the demand for medical cannabis to help dying patients
reflects the poor job Canada does providing palliative care," are merely a
glimpse into the bigotry Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada willingly
proliferate in order to forward its contribution to the pogrom against
cannabis and the users thereof.

Wayne Phillips,

Hamilton

(You're conflating two different organizations, both of which back their
arguments with facts, not badmouthing)