Pubdate: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 Source: East Valley Tribune (AZ) Copyright: 2008 East Valley Tribune. Contact: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2708 Author: Stan White Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n036/a02.html MEDICAL MARIJUANA Biblical basis As a Colorado Christian, I voted to allow sick citizens to use and grow cannabis and it works ("Initiative would make marijuana legal for ill," Jan. 11), because state laws now allow them to possess the relatively safe God-given plant. One reason to allow sick citizens to use cannabis that doesn't get mentioned is because it's biblically correct, since Christ God Our Father, the Ecologician, indicates he created all the seed-bearing plants, saying they are all good, on literally the very first page. Further, cannabis is believed to be the tree of life and the very last page of the Bible tells us the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations. Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin