Pubdate: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 Source: Mississauga News (CN ON) Copyright: The Mississauga News 2009 Contact: http://www.mississauganews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/268 Author: Russell Barth SMOKING POT HELPS Dear Editor: Re: your online story, "Singer clears the air" The story states that, "(J.D.) Fortune also said he has been clean for the last two years and no longer uses drugs, with the exception of marijuana." This is smart, actually - take it from me. One really good way to resist the urge to take hard drugs is to use marijuana. Pot helps keep me from using the toxic and addictive pharmaceuticals usually prescribed for people with my condition (fibromyalgia), so I would know. Police will tell you that pot is a "gateway" to hard drug use, but as we already know, the mere mention of marijuana makes police incapable of telling the truth. Russell Barth Nepean - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin