Sir, - You printed a letter (May30th) proclaiming inter alia that "of all the millions of people who have taken cannabis, no one has died as a result": I feel duty-bound, as a medical practitioner, to advise you that this is dangerous nonsense.
I do not propose to entertain this debate with a list of the adverse effects which has caused the medical profession to back the ban on cannabis. One fact, however, merits reciting - cannabis smokers are twice as likely to develop lung cancer as cigarette smokers. - Yours, etc.,
Tubbercurry,
Co Sligo