Pubdate: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 Source: Toronto Star (CN ON) Page: A14 Copyright: 2016 The Toronto Star Contact: http://www.thestar.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456 Author: M. Schooff Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n391/a04.html MARIJUANA: SCARE TACTICS OR REAL CONCERNS? Re Seeing through the pot smoke, Letter June 4 Cannabis pop tarts? Oh, please. A classic scare tactic. No business sells to kids. What fear mongering and an unrealistic, vivid imagination James Wigmore has. I'd like to know how many kids were admitted to hospitals after drinking alcohol, suffering asthma attacks from cigarette smoke and overdosing on their parents' prescription drugs? Medical marijuana can be smoked, eaten in treats or applied as a drop of oil on the tongue. Perhaps in future they will have inhalers for those who need them. It is used in Israel to calm dementia patients. Alan Coxwell's letter, on the other hand was right on, informed and exactly right. Cannabis kills no one and cannabis "intoxication" with medical marijuana just doesn't result in such scenarios. Medical marijuana hasn't the THC content that makes people high. It just helps people with pain, seizures, anxiety and many other ailments that would otherwise require much more dangerous drugs. M. Schooff, Orangeville, Ont. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom