Alarmed at views in dagga letter
It was with consternation and some alarm that I read “Dagga smoking dangerous” (November 2) – not the fact that smoking is harmful, for we all know that.
Of course it can be taken as canna oil so it does not have to be smoked.
But the letter goes on to state that dagga causes brain damage, personality changes, convulsions and impairment of the liver function.
Scary stuff indeed. Well, in that case Canada is doomed, for its citizens will all be disease-ridden soon as it has just legalised dagga for recreational use.
The author cites the International Narcotics Control Board as his source.
Dagga does not belong with this authority.
It is not a narcotic.
The world has become much wiser in getting to know the virtues of this wonderful plant.
But that’s common knowledge today. Google it.
Wikipedia will also educate you, should you bother to read what is said about dagga.
I will inquire among my friends who have used dagga for so many years whether they have any of these alarming symptoms.
I somehow doubt it. I believe the author has acted irresponsibly.
He clearly has no inkling of what the substance actually is.
To quote a study of school children smoking dagga as a reason for them not making their grades is laughable.
They likely use other substances as well.
It does intrigue me, however, how you latch onto the “dagga” aspect to try to make your point.
Children should not smoke anything at all until a mind is matured. Mind-altering substances are for adults.
A video clip I have demonstrates medical benefits:
An eight-year old boy who suffers from epilepsy/sclerosis was uncontrollable for the most part of his day.
Up to a few hundred seizures on any given day!
Medics could not really help him and eventually the mother, in desperation, followed her doctors’ advice: canna oil.
The boy now has no attacks or one or two a day.
Another case that I am aware of was a person with excruciating pain between the third and fourth vertebrae of the neck. Medication was no longer giving relief.
Canna oil and he was totally healed within a few months.
There is not a single medical recording anywhere in the world that lists dagga as the cause of death!
Not even one? None.
Leon van der Mescht Central, Port Elizabeth