Pubdate: Fri, 13 Mar 2015
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN)
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Author: Stan White

WHY POT? THE BIBLE TELLS ME IT'S OK

Another important reason to allow sick people to use cannabis 
(marijuana) that doesn't get mentioned ("2 Widely Different Medical 
Marijuana Bills to Butt Heads," March 10) is because it is biblically 
correct since God (The Ecologician) created all the seed-bearing 
plants, saying they're all 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. Christ Jesus risked jail in order 
to heal the sick.

Not one single person has died using cannabis in more than 5,000 
years of documented medical use; that's safety on a biblical scale. A 
sane or moral argument to cage sick citizens who use cannabis doesn't exist.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo. 
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