Posted on March 23, 2009 by Barrett Duke entitled ‘Legalizing marijuana incrementally’

As a Fellow Christian I must say I was APPALLED by the rampant Reefer Madness I saw in this STORY.
And a STORY it was.
There is too many serious studies done on this subject for Mr Duke to be able to take this positon.
Cannabis was a sacrament in the Christian faith till the Pope decided sometime in the 1300′s that it no longer was.
Cannabis has been a medicine for over 10,000 years
recreational use has been around as long as the plant itself.

I am a cannabis consumer for 3 reasons…

medicine
I suffer from a SCI at C5 thru T1 and after years and years of ‘pain meds’ I cannot take them.
pharmaceuticals are toxic. PERIOD!
cannabis has no toxicity level no LD50 rating.
it IS effective medicine whether Mr Duke likes it or not.
cannabis completely controls all my associated problems as related to my injury.
Marinol has only 1 component of the whole cannabis plant. Sativex is an all natural plant extract, but it is not avail. here in the US
It is the other NON psychoactive compounds of the natural cannabis plant that really do the work as medicine.
multitudes of studies prove this.
But obviously nothing I could say would change such a closed minded individual like Mr Duke’s apparent opine on that subject.

2nd reason
spirituality
when I commune with God I use cannabis. It helps me to become in tune with the word of God and then be more able to
understand and defend my beliefs.

3rd reason
pleasure…nough said

I don’t need some goody goody 2 shoe telling me whats up on this subject and Baptist Press does ALL fellow Christians a disservice by promoting this obvious Reefer Madness point of view.

Printing this STORY on the pages of such a well respected source for spirituality and enlightenment and support for your fellow human being
through Christian values is unacceptable.
I hope Baptist Press has the courage to properly address the drug use situation in this country in the future with rational discussion.
People like Mr Duke only make things worse….. PERIOD!!!

just in case you think you might want to send me some literature here’s my addy

Michael A Bisson
xxxx Lancaster ave
Philadelphia Pa. 19104

I always need food for the wood stove in winter.

Kaylea

Thanks for doing the tedious work of swatting down idiotic arguments. They’re everywhere.