Pubdate: Tue, 05 Mar 2002
Source: Richmond News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2002, Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc.
Contact:  http://www.richmond-news.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1244
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

CLARIFICATION: STUDENT DOES NOT CONDONE DRUG USE

Richmond school district education committee member Christine McCreary, a 
London secondary Grade 12 student, does not condone the use of marijuana.

Despite its socially acceptable status, McCreary agrees marijuana is a 
"gateway" drug; one that students as young as Grade 8 smoke which can lead 
to cocaine use by the time that same student reaches Grade 12.

Any inferences taken from McCreary's comments in the Feb. 27 edition of the 
News that she, herself, smokes marijuana, are incorrect. The News 
apologizes for any misunderstanding this may have caused.
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