Pubdate: Mon, 20 Aug 2001
Source: Fort Madison Daily Democrat (IA)
Copyright: 2000 The Democrat Company
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1062
Author: Stan White
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)
Refernced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1472/a10.html

GOD GAVE US CANNABIS TO USE, SO WHO SHOULD PROHIBIT IT?

Thank you for the story: U.S. SHOULD IMPORT MARIJUANA POLICY, (pub. Aug. 9, 
2001), which has good insight.

As Ellen Goodman stated: "Many Doctors still wait for scientific proof"... 
and yet there has never been a case of death reported due to over dose in 
over 5,000 years of documented use.

I try not to push my Christian walk with God, but I would like to add, our 
single common denominator and a very important connection to this issue. 
God, whom blessed us with cannabis to begin with. God our Father gave us 
cannabis for food and medicine. The only Biblical restriction placed on 
cannabis, (also known as kaneh bosm before the King James Version), is that 
we accept it with thanksgiving.

Accept cannabis for what it is as described on the very 1st page of the 
Bible, (Gen. 1:11-12 & 29-30). If God gave us cannabis, who gives us 
cannabis prohibition?

Thank God for cannabis. To do otherwise is to stumble on the 1st page of 
the Bible. Christians take heed! We Christians do not have to smoke 
cannabis but we would do well to disassociate ourselves with those whom 
would cage a human, including Christians, for using cannabis.

Stan White

Dillon, Co
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