This letter is in response to the recent letter to the editor letter titled "Smoking pot makes no sense" by Dr John Krisinger.

While I respect any person who has taken years of schooling to become a doctor I am shocked at the ignorance a person in the medical field can have when it comes to the usage of the plant that has been used as a medicine since the beginning of humanity.

It is true that marijuana can be hazardous to ones heath due to the plant matter that is smoked. However, the doctor left out the fact that marijuana does not have to be consumed via smoking. The active ingredient that is a pain reliever and multi-purpose medicine is THC or tetrahydrocannabinol.

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