First Baptist Church of Austin
Pro-Cannabis
RECEIVED Fri., Feb. 25, 2005
Dear Editor,
As a Colorado citizen who voted for Amendment 20 allowing people to use cannabis medicinally in my state, I agree with HB 658 [“Weed Watch,” News, Feb. 25], protecting humans from attacks by the federal government. The government would like citizens to think cannabis is a chemical weapon of mass destruction; in reality, Coloradoans use the plant cannabis medicinally, following state law simultaneously, and it works: cannabis use has not increased, and the sky hasn't fallen.
It is also biblically correct to relegalize cannabis (kaneh bosm, before the King James Bible ). The Bible indicates God created all the seed-bearing plants and said they were all good, on literally the very first page in Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30. The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that we use it with thanksgiving – see 1 Timothy 4:1-5, where it even describes who will promote its prohibition as those who have fallen away from the faith.
As a Colorado citizen who voted for Amendment 20 allowing people to use cannabis medicinally in my state, I agree with HB 658 [“Weed Watch,” News, Feb. 25], protecting humans from attacks by the federal government. The government would like citizens to think cannabis is a chemical weapon of mass destruction; in reality, Coloradoans use the plant cannabis medicinally, following state law simultaneously, and it works: cannabis use has not increased, and the sky hasn't fallen.
It is also biblically correct to relegalize cannabis (kaneh bosm, before the King James Bible ). The Bible indicates God created all the seed-bearing plants and said they were all good, on literally the very first page in Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30. The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that we use it with thanksgiving – see 1 Timothy 4:1-5, where it even describes who will promote its prohibition as those who have fallen away from the faith.
Truthfully,
Stan White
Dillon, Colo.
Stan White
Dillon, Colo.
