Pubdate: Sun, 14 Apr 2013
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI)
Copyright: 2013 Star Advertiser
Contact: 
http://www.staradvertiser.com/info/Star-Advertiser_Letter_to_the_Editor.html
Website: http://www.staradvertiser.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5154
Author: Bernice Romero
Page: F3

CANNABIS PLANT HAS MANY SOCIAL BENEFITS

Why is the cannabis plant such a controversial issue?

Times have changed. With today's research and knowledge about this 
plant, you would think that it would be time to legalize.

We need to see this plant as a resource for food, energy and 
medicine. I have learned that this amazing plant can produce paper 
and its growing cycle is 12 to 14 weeks versus a tree taking 20 years 
to mature. This means saving the trees that produce cleaner air and 
not destroying forest species.

It's time for our elected officials and our public to start doing 
their homework on this amazing plant. We need to see this plant 
legalized, so it can bring in tax revenue, create jobs and provide 
safer organic material for medicine. More important, we can make room 
in our prisons for true criminals.

Bernice Romero

Aiea
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