Pubdate: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 Source: Sentinel Review (CN ON) Copyright: 2008 Annex Publishing & Printing Inc. Contact: http://woodstocksentinelreview.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2385 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n127/a03.html Author: Russell Barth DEFENDING MARIJUANA VENDING MACHINES Re: Marijuana vending machines - unbelievable (editorial, Jan. 31, Sentinel-Review) I am a federal medical marijuana licence holder. Marijuana is actually safer than most of the junk food currently sold in vending machines, but it was made illegal almost a century ago, based on racist lies and supposed "dangers to society" that never actually existed. When one considers junk food will kill many times more North Americans than all illegal drugs combined, a marijuana vending machine hardly seems that crazy. Marijuana has never killed anyone and it has dozens of medical benefits - a recent study from Germany shows how marijuana prevents cancer. Visit: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january112008/cancer_treatment_11008.php Russell Barth Ottawa - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake