Pubdate: Thu, 03 Oct 2002
Source: Burnaby Now, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2002 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc.
Contact:  http://www.burnabynow.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1592
Author: Kirk Muse

FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO ALTER YOUR MIND

Editor,

I'm writing about your thoughtful editorial, No pot for teens (Burnaby NOW, 
Sept. 15, 2002).

I disagree with your statement, "But marijuana, unlike tobacco, is a 
mind-altering drug.

Tobacco is a mind-altering drug. Why else would tobacco users continue to 
use it? Because it makes them feel good.

So are lots of other substances and activities mind-altering. Books, 
movies, libraries and schools are all mind-altering. (At least they should be).

It seems to me that adult citizens of a free country should be able to 
alter their own mind any way they want, as long as they are not physically 
harming other people.

Kirk Muse, via e-mail
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