Pubdate: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 Source: Technician, The (NC State U, NC Edu) Copyright: 2009 The Technician Contact: http://technicianonline.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2268 Author: Stan White Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n158/a05.html DARE BRAINWASHES YOUTH Paul McCauley got a bull's-eye (Wake Up And Smell The Cannabis, Feb. 8, 2009) describing the relatively safe, socially acceptable, God-given plant cannabis (marijuana). DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) on the other hand is a menace contributing to increased deadly hard drug addiction rates. DARE brainwashes youth into believing lies, half-truths and propaganda concerning cannabis, which causes grave future problems. How many citizens try cannabis and realize it's not nearly as harmful as taught in DARE type government environments? Then they think other substances must not be so bad either, only to become addicted to deadly drugs. The old lessons make cannabis out to be among the worst substances in the world, even though it's never killed a single person. The federal government even classifies cannabis as a Schedule I substance along with heroin, while methamphetamine and cocaine are only Schedule II substances. For the health and welfare of America's children, that absolutely must change. Stan White Dillon, Colorado - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin