Pubdate: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 Source: Express (CN BC) Copyright: 2008 Kootenay Express Communication Contact: http://www.expressnews.ca Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2374 Author: Ellis Worthington Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08.n907.a07.html "HOLY SMOKE 4" GOOD MEMBERS OF SOCIETY The Holy Smoke Four are contributing members of society and have consistently helped the Nelson community in so many different ways. i.e. Beards For Bread, frequent door prize contributions, Co-op Radio, etc. Cannabis tolerance is vital to Nelson's thriving tourism industry. How can we prohibit a sacred plant that has been safely used by mankind for thousands of years? Cannabis is food, medicine, sacrament, fuel, fibre, textile, soap, plastic, concrete, inspiration, etc. It is the most useful plant in the world and can help solve this environmental crisis because it's one of the best renewable resources there is. If the Holy Smoke Four are sentenced to jail, it shows a complete lack of priorities in the justice system. Instead of sending the Holy Smoke Four to jail, I suggest sentencing them to community service because they performed a vital community service by selling sacred plants in their church and separated the black market for sacred plants from the black market for dangerous drugs like pills, heroin or crystal meth. The Holy Smoke was breaking an outdated law, but they never hurt anyone. Ellis Worthington Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin