Letter: Law Has Worked Well In Colorado
Stan White
December 14, 2008
Battle Creek Enquirer (MI)
As a Christian, who helped pass Proposal 1, I found myself shaking my head all through "Legalized marijuana stirs questions, concerns" (Dec. 10); it read like the sky was about to fall in. Colorado legalized medical cannabis (marijuana) use and it has worked properly, protecting sick citizens from confrontation with government.
The questions I have for these skeptical physicians is, if a sick person is helped by using cannabis, should they be put in a cage?
Is Dr. Corbett Amburgey certain smoking cannabis long term has been associated with the same diseases as cigarette smoking? Cigarettes are responsible for over 1,000 deaths daily while there are no dead bodies to show cannabis caused a single similar death in over 5,000 years of documented usage. That's safety on a biblical scale.
Dr. Stephen Smiley's mention of "Good God..." left me disappointed. Christ God Our Father, My Father, is less interested in why you would not "prescribe" cannabis and more interested in stopping government from caging responsible sick citizens who use the God-given plant.
Finally I ask, will the Battle Creek Enquirer also print viewpoints from several local physicians who do think cannabis may be better than conventional medications in some situations? | 
