Subj : Re: Can anyone answer thi
To   : ALL
From : BARRY AND MICHELE MCCANN
Date : Fri Jun 23 2000 03:58 pm

 @SUBJECT:Re: Can anyone answer this?                                 N
Here's a bit of human reasoning ...

If marijuana cannot be used for medicinal purposes, then why should cocaine be
used in the form of codeine? Or heroin in the form of morphine? Or alcohol in 
the
form of cough syrup for that matter?  It appears to me that the difference is 
in
purity and delivery: to smoke marijuana from the street is to 1) not have 
control
over the dosage and 2) to introduce toxins via the harsh smoke that is many 
times
worse for lungs than commercial cigarettes. Thus, using a common joint for
medicinal purposes seems to me to violate the medical principles of doing no 
harm
and of precision delivery for a measurable objective.

I think you'll have a hard time finding much more than Biblical precepts to
answer this question.

Barry McCann
mailto:bmccann@mindspring.com



RevPhil4JC wrote:

> The general Christian view towards marijuana is that it is an illegal drug 
and
> a sin to pollute the body with it.  I hold the same personal view  as well as
> the general view.  However, I'm not quite sure what I believe as far as
> physicians using it for medicinal purposes.
> Rev. Phillip Durrence
> Church of Christ, Pastor
> Philippians 2:10-11
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