Pubdate: Sat, 21 Jun 2003
Source: Hood River News (OR)
Copyright: Eagle Newspapers Inc., 2003
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Author: Kevin Donald
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/coke.htm (Cocaine)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

CHECK DRUG TERMS

Crank is not a derivitive of cocaine.

I would suggest that in general, the dispersal of misinformation (you state 
in a recent news article that "crank" is a derivative of cocaine) 
undermines the credibility that is so desperately needed when educating our 
children as to the dangers of drug abuse.

Having been in high school during the drug-saturated 1960s I remember how 
laughably misinformed the "adults" who were warning of the dangers of pot 
and other drugs. The very fact that they knew so little factually about 
that which they were preaching undercut any value they might have imparted. 
Children are extremely sophisticated when if comes to flushing-out 
inaccuracies in information, especially when an adult attempting to educate 
is so totally off-base regarding the basic facts of the issue at hand.

For the record: crank and cocaine are two entirely separate substances. 
Both insidious but not derivative as you stated in your article.

Kevin Donald, Hood River
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