Pubdate: Tue, 01 Apr 2003
Source: West Australian (Australia)
Copyright: 2003 West Australian Newspapers Limited
Contact:  http://www.thewest.com.au
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/495
Author: Richard Bissell

I AGREE

I AGREE with Jamie Batrick (Letters, 27/3) that the Government is to be 
congratulated on its introduction of the cannabis control Bill.

I am an age pensioner and I would be happy to pay $100 a year for a licence 
to grow cannabis for my exclusive use.  I hae arthritis in my hands and I 
can't take prescription drugs like anti-inflammatories because they give me 
bad indigestion.

Since watching the Four Corners program last year which explained how 
cannabis relieves the pain of migraine headaches and arthritis (which are 
killing me), I have been waiting for a way to take cannabis without 
breaking the law.

I don't smoke so I will have to suffuse the cannabis leaf in hot water, 
like making tea.

RICHARD BISSELL

Rivervale 
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