Pubdate: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2007 Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.edmontonsun.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1025/a02.html Author: George Kosinski Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor. Title by MAP. THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA Letter writer M. Brown asks whether he is the only person who finds a banner advertising the TV show Weeds "absolutely absurd." Why? After all, nobody objects to advertisements for TV shows or movies - near or far from schools - the subjects of which are scam artists, bank robbers, rapists or murderers. Brown would be well-advised to educate himself with respect to the effects of marijuana. Sure, it does have the potential to be psychologically addicting - which puts it in the same class as television, junk food, and the desire to control the private lives of others. Don't forget, selling legal drugs - many of which are far more harmful than marijuana - is a multibillion-dollar industry. George Kosinski (You're not just blowing smoke there.) - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake