Pubdate: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2002, Canoe Limited Partnership Contact: http://www.fyiottawa.com/ottsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329 Author: Wayne Phillips Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n444/a06.html Note: Parenthetical remark provided by the Sun editor; headline provided by Newshawk SAFER THAN ASPIRIN RE "MARIJUANA not okay: CMA boss," (March 12): Cannabis is often cited as being comparable to tobacco, with the damage caused by smoking tobacco given as a reason to prohibit use of cannabis. Lung damage concerns associated with the use of medical cannabis, have as their basis a moralist stance rather then a scientific one. Cannabis, in fact, is safer than aspirin. Considering the anti-cannabis bias -- i.e. "Reefer BADNESS" -- to be found at the Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada website, it is no wonder cannabis is never requested by dying patients in Henry Haddad's home town of Sherbrooke. Statements such as "the demand for medical cannabis to help dying patients reflects the poor job Canada does providing palliative care," are merely a glimpse into the bigotry Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada willingly proliferate in order to forward its contribution to the pogrom against cannabis and the users thereof. Wayne Phillips, Hamilton (You're conflating two different organizations, both of which back their arguments with facts, not badmouthing) - --- MAP posted-by: Ariel