We have heard a great outcry for the legalization of marijuana in the past few years. Even so-called experts such as our party leaders and doctors are getting on the bandwagon. Dr. Jurgen Rehm, director at the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health states, "Canada's current system of cannabis control is failing to prevent or reduce the harms associated with cannabis use." Consider this logic: he admits it harms people's mental health and yet he would like to make it more accessible. [continues 520 words]
Jesus (God) and drugs! Do they mix? Those who exist in the culture of drugs would tell you they do. Let's examine why. They would tell you that Jesus at His birth was given gold, frankincense and myrrh by the Three Wise Men from the east. (Matthew 2:11) Myrrh, being a drug or laudanum or labdanum, was used as a painkiller. Others would tell you that the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden; "The tree of knowledge of good evil" (Genesis 2:16-17) is marijuana, or some derivative thereof, hash or hash oil, or just using the flower or plant to smoke. Others argue the tree is the cocoa plant (cocaine) or poppy plant (opium) and the argument goes on and on. [continues 777 words]
