Pubdate: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 Source: Robson Valley Times (CN BC) Copyright: 2006 Miro International Pty Ltd. Contact: http://www.robsonvalleytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4087 Author: Margaret McKirdy MARIJUANA, A BRIDGE WE CAN BURN I would never make it on the police force. I am inclined to obey laws that make sense. Of 1,000 plants recovered from Valemount's recent grow-op bust, surely they could have saved 1% for medicinal purposes. Doctors prescribe marijuana to relieve pain. I suppose prescription marijuana must be made from seeds and given out in pill form and imported from U.S.A. or Mexico. Surely, we can grow our own seed and make our own pills right here. At the present time I am suffering from gout, arthritis of the spine, a pinched nerve, a disconnected right shoulder and pain in the left shoulder. I need those pills. My idea is that we could combine marijuana saved from the grow-op with the native hemp to make rope at half the cost. We could make enough rope for a swinging bridge that would act as an escape route in case of fire. If things got really bad we could burn the bridge too, and get high. I could supply you with the Indian hemp seed, if you want some. Of course, marijuana, the other hemp, is illegal and destroys the brain, but so does liquor and that is legal. At least marijuana doesn't cause you to fight. It makes you happy while your brain rots. Forbidden fruit is always sweeter, so why should we tantalize the young by forbidding marijuana. Fifty years ago, almost everybody smoked marijuana, probably even the ones who make the laws. Maybe they remember what asses they made of themselves. Margaret McKirdy Valemount - --- MAP posted-by: Lawrence Seguin