Re: "It's just pot.": Double Standard?

Bo Raxo wrote:

> "Paul J. Berg" <pjberg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:2972-4699381B-774@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>School principal Aaron Miller is a drug-addict and is no example for the
>>children of Vernonia, Oregon or anywhere else.
>>
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> 
> Marijuana is not addictive, and there is no evidence that he is even a 
> habitual user, much less an addict.
> 
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>>This is the example that lets children think that it is O.K. to do
>>drugs.
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> No, your attitude is an example of the oversimplification that makes 
> children not believe adults when they talk about drugs. Lumping together
all 
> drugs, from marijuana to crack, under the same heading, calling someone
a 
> drug addict when they are using a substance that isn't even addictive,
it's 
> these kind of stupid mistakes that explain why adults have little 
> credibility when they try to demonize all drugs with kids.

Amen.  I have seen this too many times with anti-drug programs at 
school, and I strongly believe that it is a dangerous thing.  Kids are 
smart enough to figure out that someone is lying to them about 
marijuana, but they might not be savvy enough to realize that just 
because someone is lying about marijuana doesn't mean that person is 
also lying to them about other things like heroin.

     - Ron   ^*^