Pubdate: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 Source: Jewish News Weekly (CA) Copyright: 2013 San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc. Contact: http://www.jweekly.com/contact/letters/ Website: http://www.jweekly.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3121 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n581/a10.html Author: Stan White BIBLICAL CASE FOR CANNABIS How is it OK for Jews and other citizens to have access to highly addictive powerful and deadly painkillers along with other pharmaceuticals, but not be allowed to use what God says is good on the first page of the Bible? Cannabis has been documented for over 5,000 years medically without a single death; that's safety on a biblical scale. A biblical argument for Jews to not use the plant cannabis doesn't exist. Stan White | Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom