Pubdate: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 Source: Independent, The (Massilion, OH) Copyright: 2014 The Independent Website: http://www.indeonline.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3545 Author: Stan White MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGAL Prohibiting sick citizens from using cannabis (marijuana) is vile and lacks compassion ("Blowing smoke: Legalizing pot in Ohio" (Jan. 15). Another reason to allow sick citizens to use cannabis that doesn't get mentioned is because it's biblically correct, since God created the plant, saying it's good on literally the very first page of the Bible. Further, many people know of cannabis as the tree of life, and the very last page of the Bible indicates the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations. The Christ Jesus risked jail in order to heal the sick. A sane or moral argument to cage sick humans for using cannabis doesn't exist. STAN WHITE, DILLON, COLO. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt