Pubdate: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 Source: Daily Gleaner (CN NK) Copyright: 2010 Bruce Codere Contact: http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3857 Author: Bruce Codere ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST THOSE WHO NEED POT FOR RELIEF Re: Medical marijuana Bruce Webb, whose letter about medical marijuana was published in the Aug. 2 edition of The Daily Gleaner, demonstrates a common flaw in his argument - inadequate perspective. Allowing state control is the very mechanism that got us into the genocide that is prohibition in the first place. Everyone has an endocannabinoid system, meaning everyone is wired to accept the more than dozen active compounds in cannabis. Therefore it can only function as medicine, but not for everyone. The medical profession has been under relentless pressure to withhold cannabis from the public. Placing faith in doctors is a crapshoot in this country. The system is terminally flawed. That's its fail-safe. Work the rest out if you can. Bruce Codere Fox Creek, Alta. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D