Pubdate: Fri, 26 Aug 2005
Source: Summit Daily News (CO)
Copyright: 2005 Summit Daily News
Contact:  http://www.summitdaily.com/home.php
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/587
Author: Randy Vizyak
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1381/a02.html?108581

'JUST SAY NO' IS A BLURRY SLOGAN

RE: "Kids who drink need help (SDN Aug. 22)

I am replying to Dennis Kaiser's letter. With all respects, if his two 
Vietnam buddies had been passed out from alcohol instead of hashish, would 
he propose a reinstatement of alcohol prohibition like we had in the 1920s?

Children should not drink alcohol. Neither should they drive a car before 
age 16. And 15-year-old girls should not have sex until they grow up and 
get married.

The problem with the "Just Say No to Drugs" message is that it draws no 
distinction between adults and children, use and abuse or legal (alcohol) 
and illegal (cannabis). It's just a blurry slogan with no coherent thought.

Cannabis should be taxed and regulated like alcohol and moderation, which 
is the biblical teaching, should be emphasized.

Randy Vizyak Mukwonago, Wisc.
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