Pubdate: Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Source: Acorn, The (Agoura Hills, CA)
Copyright: 2009 J.Bee NP Publishing, Ltd.
Contact:  http://www.theacorn.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4227
Author: George Shepherd
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n448/a08.html

POT SEEN AS A GATEWAY DRUG

I don't know where Juliet Hotchkiss ("Marijuana safer than alcohol") 
gets her information from, but the notion that kids who turn from 
alcohol to marijuana and become "kinder and gentler" is like saying a 
knife is gentler than a gun.

People with addictions get it where they can. When the buzz doesn't 
work as well after a while, they use more and more of the substance 
or use it as a "stepping stone," a gateway to another drug.

As for driving high, high is high, period. It doesn't matter, Ms. 
Hotchkiss, whether you are conservative or liberal--alcohol and drugs 
do not choose by political correctness.

Want to do what's best for the children? Let them get high the 
old-fashioned way, through acts of love, respect for themselves, and 
by not taking life for granted.

George Shepherd

Agoura Hills
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