Pubdate: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 Source: Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser (CN ON) Copyright: 2011 Metroland Printing, Publishing, & Distributing, LTD Contact: http://newsdurhamregion.com/posts/submitletter Website: http://newsdurhamregion.com/news/ajax Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2104 Author: Michael Gabona WRITER MISINFORMED ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA To the editor: Re: 'Are you kidding me?', letter to the editor regarding Cannabis Day, durhamregion.com, July 11, 2011. The letter writer is terribly misinformed about cannabis and its medical use. Talk to Ben Fudge. He is an Oshawa man who can hardly move because of his medical condition. He requires cannabis for pain relief and just to have a somewhat normal life. He is not just "masking his symptoms with a great big buzz", he is getting real pain relief. Does the letter writer live with pain? Does the person know how much pain can ruin one's quality of life? The real crock is people like this who would deny people like Ben Fudge pain relief because of their own personal prejudices against a plant that has never killed anyone in the history of recorded time. Please join us in the 21st century and stop the prejudice against cannabis. Michael Gabona Scugog - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.