Pubdate: Mon, 11 Feb 2008
Source: Brownsville Herald, The (TX)
Copyright: 2008 The Brownsville Herald
Contact: http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/sections/contact/
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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.

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