Pubdate: Mon, 12 Dec 2005
Source: Mississauga News (CN ON)
Copyright: The Mississauga News 2005
Contact:  http://www.mississauganews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/268
Author: Larry Maheu

HEALTH HAZARD

I Have News For Those Who Are So Keen To Have Marijuana Legalized

Dear Editor:

I have news for those who are so keen to have marijuana legalized. Yes, God 
made the poppy, the cannabis plants, etc., and the pharmaceuticals take the 
plants and try to make a drug they can patent.

Nutritional companies use plants and herbs to make nutritional products in 
the form the body recognizes and utilizes (bio-available), such as with 
fruits and vegetables.

Fruits and vegetables in large variety, high density of vitamins, minerals, 
trace elements and phytonutrients have been proven to help prevent cancer. 
Throw in some herbicides, pesticides genetically engineered and harvested 
and not fully ripened and you don't have the same beneficial effect.

The reason why good quality plants help humans is because they convert 
energy from the sun and provide the anti-oxidants the body needs to fight 
free radical damage to our cells. It is free radical damage that causes 
most of our diseases.

Marijuana is smoke that is at least ten times higher in free radical damage 
than cigarettes, no one can deny it. Plus, marijuana does not evaporate 
quickly; the smoke lingers in the air for a long time with its nauseating 
smell.

We have health costs going through the roof and we have a small percentage 
of people who don't care about good nutritional health or even learning 
about it. They only want what is unhealthy, but when they are sick they 
look to the healthy people to help them.

Larry Maheu

Mississauga
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