Pubdate: Thu, 14 Apr 2016
Source: Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN)
Copyright: 2016 Stan White
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Author: Stan White

CANNABIS PROHIBITION IS A FARCE

If "reason and honesty" were part of the public discourse regarding 
cannabis (marijuana) prohibition (Letter: "Marijuana misinformation," 
by Bob Alley, April 3, 2016), it would never have been orchestrated 
from the beginning.

Historically, its existence is due to racism, greed and the omission 
of science.

It's truly mistaken to claim, "Medical science has access to drugs 
that provide more relief with less damage than does pot," since 
cannabis often competes with opiates, which are responsible for an 
epidemic of addiction and death rates in America. Scientifically, 
cannabis is safer than aspirin and less addictive than coffee.

And speaking of Harvard: World famous Dr. Lester Grinspoon, associate 
professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, has 
spent decades exposing lies, half-truths and propaganda with science, 
proving cannabis prohibition is a farce.

Jailing sick people who use a relatively safe, beneficial plant is 
vulgar, anti-Christian and just plain wrong.

Stan White, Dillon, Colo. 80435 
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