Letter: Elderly care

Zach Klein followed 19 patients ages 69 to 101 who were given an experimental treatment three times a day for a year at a nursing home in Israel. Seventeen patients achieved a healthy weight, gaining or losing pounds as needed. Muscle spasms, stiffness, tremors and pain reduced significantly. Almost all patients reported an increase in sleeping hours. Patients on the treatment required fewer antipsychotics, Parkinson's treatment, mood stabilizers and pain relievers. Seventy-two percent of participants were able to remove an average of 1.7 prescription medications. This amazing treatment was the wholesome herb cannabis. It was ingested in powder, vapor, oil or smoking. One of the most popular authors in Utah points out, All wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature and use of man. Every herb in the season thereof to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.

Utah seniors face some of the harshest criminal penalties in the country if they are caught with this wonder treatment that grows well in a square-foot garden. Utah lawmakers should eliminate harsh criminal penalties for cannabis. Let adults be adults. Let seniors have options for the highest quality of life in their final days.

Peter Van Slooten

Salt Lake City

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