To the editor, Bootleggers in Pictou County sell beer at double the price because of all the risks involved. Marijuana is mostly supplied by organized crime. These people face all the risks of the bootlegger and more. There have been murders, kidnappings, torture, etc., all in the quest for control of the marijuana trade. Is it any wonder why their prices are so high? The reasons they risk life and limb is that the profits are astronomical. Marijuana is one of the cheapest, easiest and maintenance-free plants to grow. Can someone please explain how the government-sanctioned marijuana distributors came up with such exorbitant prices when their entire operation is "risk free." Marijuana on the street is the very same marijuana that the government distributors sell but their prices don't reflect this. [continues 96 words]
To the editor, It seems ludicrous: a law that prevents me from healing myself. I have a rare disease (cramping fasciculation syndrome) which keeps me up night after night with plenty of pain and no sleep. The medicines prescribed for this disease have so many side effects that they should just be called poison, for me at least. I have been smoking marijuana oil for a full year now and I am pain free. The oil does not ease the pain, it stops the pain from coming. It's truly a miracle. I am on a pension and my miracle would cost me $200 weekly. My only option was to grow my own marijuana and make my own oil. I figure, what's the harm, I'm not selling it, I only want to be pain free and perhaps continue to do the things I enjoy such as skiing and skating (they recommend you do not exercise with this disease) but which I was able to do for 54 days last winter with the help of my medicine. [continues 185 words]
