Pubdate: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 Source: Eugene Weekly (OR) Copyright: 2011 Eugene Weekly Contact: http://www.eugeneweekly.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/136 Author: Stan White Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n672/a07.html BOO IS DEVINE Nearly every problem associated with the relatively safe plant cannabis (kaneh bosm, marijuana) is actually a consequence of cannabis prohibition, persecution and extermination ("This Bud's For Who?" Nov. 24). Responsible citizens should be allowed to use cannabis recreationally and medically with out being confronted by government. Another reason to re-legalize cannabis that doesn't get mentioned is because it is Biblically correct since God, The Ecologician, indicates He created all the seed bearing plants saying they are all good, on literally the very first page (see Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30). The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is to accept it with thankfulness (1 Timothy 4:1-5). And medically, "But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (1 John 3:17). Further, many people know cannabis is the tree of life, and the very last page of the Bible indicates the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations (see Revelation 22). Exactly what kind of government cages its citizens for using what God says is good? Stan White, Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom