Pubdate: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 Source: Brownsville Herald, The (TX) Copyright: 2008 The Brownsville Herald Contact: http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/sections/contact/ Website: http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1402 Author: Stan White Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n127/a10.html?252694 CANNABIS USE NOTED IN BIBLE Editor: Rev. Adam E. Zuniga got an arrow-splitting bull's-eye ("In cannabis we trust," Feb. 4); in fact nine pounds of cannabis (kaneh bosm) are in the holy anointing oil in Exodus 30:23. One reason to stop persecuting and caging humans for using the relatively safe God-given plant cannabis that doesn't get mentioned is because it is biblically correct since God indicates He created all the seed-bearing plants, saying they are all good, on literally the very first page. The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that it is to be accepted with thankfulness (see 1 Timothy 4:1-5). And "But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (see: 1 John 3:17). Jesus Christ risked jail to heal the sick. Further, cannabis is believed to be the tree of life and the very last page of the Bible tells us the leaves of that tree are for the healing of the nations. Stan White, Dillon, Colo. Via the Internet - --- MAP posted-by: Derek