Pubdate: Sun, 25 May 2014 Source: Oshawa This Week (CN ON) Copyright: 2014 Oshawa This Week Contact: http://www.durhamregion.com/oshawa-on-news Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1767 Note: Please specify Oshawa This Week as source in LTE Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n417/a08.html Author: Stan White MARIJUANA HAS HELPED MILLIONS To the editor: Re: 'Marijuana legalization would be ill-advised', letter to the editor, durhamregion.com, May 8, 2014. The letter writer is seriously mistaken claiming (cannabis) marijuana can cause lung and other cancers since there is not one single dead body to prove it in over 5,000 years of documented use. It's just the opposite, in fact. Worldwide, cannabis has been proven to shrink some cancerous tumors, help get rid of other cancers and keep some cancers from forming. The beneficial God-given plant has even helped millions of citizens who have who have had to face cancer deal with nausea, appetite and pain. A sane or moral argument to continue caging responsible adults who use cannabis doesn't exist. Stan White Dillon, Colorado - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom