You know it's funny, some of the references you use, was in Harry J.
Anslinger's
book, probably before you were born...
Read some of it yourself ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger
Also, read some of the other replies....
"Snow Bell" <snowbell182@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> My father, a healthcare professional and longtime sufferer of severe
> arthritis, used to say marijuana should be legalized for medicinal
purposes;
> while there is certainly a need for legal prescription painkillers, I
> believe marijuana should be the last resort; But my stand in keeping
> marijuana illegal is focused on those who have been clamoring for
decades
to
> make it legal for personal recreational use, to be sold and available in
a
> manner not much different from tobacco. No, it shouldn't be.
>
> My first stand against legalizing marijuana is I do not wish to "get
high"
> from someone else's pot smoke-- if you smoke around others, they will
get
a
> contact buzz, whether they want to or not. That's not okay; it is not
okay
> at all. My second main issue is I'd no more appreciate being killed or
> maimed by someone driving under the influence of pot than by a drunken
> driver-- and while regulating alcohol limits is difficult enough, trying
to
> do the same with marijuana would be virtually impossible, for everyone
> reacts to it differently, to a different degree, as well as the potency
of
> the drug itself varying. No, I don't want to get "stoned" from someone's
> "personal choice," nor do I want to end up as a casualty from a vehicle
> driven by someone under-the-influence.
>
> Other factors cannot be overlooked either. First, for the past couple of
> decades it's been re****ted that nearly everyone who becomes involved
with
> so-called hard drugs began their experimentation with marijuana. In
addition
> to the addictive nature, I suppose those who believe it is okay to break
the
> law, abuse their bodies, and put others in danger from the effects of
pot
> don't really see much difference between marijuana and substances like
meth
> and heroin. From an entirely different perspective, I don't see much
> difference either.
>
> Second, although it has not yet been infallibly proven, enough research
> studies have concluded that marijuana use in youth causes some degree of
> chromosome damage which even years on down the line significantly
increase
> their offspring's chances of developing childhood leukemia. Although not
> conclusive, the risk is too much.
>
>
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