Pubdate: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 Source: Kamloops Daily News (CN BC) Copyright: 2011 Kamloops Daily News Contact: http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/679 Author: Howard Neighbour SHOW A LITTLE COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO NEED MARIJUANA Regarding the recent takedown of the Kamloops Compassion Club Society by the forces of law and order; some thoughts from a longtime resident, citizen and taxpayer of the community. Last year I spent six months on chemotherapy following cancer surgery. It seems to have worked and I am deeply grateful for the treatment. But to say it was a miserable experience is an understatement. In my case no medication worked to counter the negative effects of the chemicals. The only thing that made it endurable at all was cannabis. I wouldn't wish chemo or the need for it on any of the forces of righteousness who have so grimly marshalled the full weight of law against the supposed "evil" of cannabis. But I would ask that you try to give some consideration to those it can help. This is an ideological conflict, not a scientific or rational one. Science and rationality won hands-down years ago. Dictionaries define compassion as "a sympathy and concern for the sufferings and misfortunes of others." One day any of you might need a little of that compassion yourselves. Give it a rest, folks. Howard Neighbour Kamloops - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.