Pubdate: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 Source: Regina Leader-Post (CN SN) Copyright: 2008 The Leader-Post Ltd. Contact: http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/361 Author: Janelle Buchanan WEED WARNING NEEDED It was good to read the article "More youths are choosing not to light up" (Leader-Post, Jan. 22). It was somewhat misleading as it only pertains to tobacco use. My 15-year-old daughter tells me more kids smoke weed than smoke regular cigarettes. It's not that she's a big partier. It's just reality. We've done a great job with advertising to convince kids that cigarettes can be hazardous to their health, but we haven't done such a good job warning them about the perils of marijuana. I heard recently some drug dealers soak their weed in meth to get kids hooked on the bigger drugs. Have our kids even been warned? Can we put some energy and tax dollars behind helping our kids continue to make the healthy choices they seem to be making with tobacco? Janelle Buchanan Regina - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom