Pubdate: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 Source: Oregon Daily Emerald (OR) Copyright: 2002, Oregon Daily Emerald Contact: http://www.dailyemerald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1518 Author: Stan White 'THANK GOD FOR CANNABIS' I strongly support veteran Leroy Stubblefield's right to use the plant cannabis (marijuana) for health reasons ("Search and Seizure," ODE, Nov. 8). It defies integrity and rationality to cage humans for using the plant cannabis, and to cage sick citizens using cannabis for relief of pain is vile, immoral and spiteful for a civilization in the year 2002. At the very minimum, North America must re-legalize cannabis, especially when you consider the worst side effects of cannabis are police inflicted. Do cannabis prohibitionists even comprehend that they're admitting a desire to cage humans for using a plant? Instead of caging humans for using cannabis, thank God for cannabis. Accept cannabis (known as kaneh bosm, before the King James Version) for what it is, as described on literally the very first page of the Bible (Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30). Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Alex