Pubdate: Fri, 04 Feb 2011
Source: Daily Courier (Prescott, AZ)
Copyright: 2011 Prescott Newspapers, Inc.
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Author: Benjamin Souler

MEDICAL MARIJUANA A DRAG FOR PRESCOTT, PV

EDITOR:

A poorly informed electorate has passed Proposition 203. Now, an 
equally ignorant group of city officials is busily providing for the 
growth and distribution of a narcotic substance called medical marijuana.

No official standards for marijuana's purity, potency or dosage forms 
have ever existed. It is the only botanical medicine predominately 
administered by inhalation of its combustion products (smoking).

Among conclusions by expert testimony before a U.S. Congressional 
Committee, I list three verbatim:

1. THC (Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the major psychoactive 
substance in Cannabis, tends to accumulate in the brain, sex glands 
and other fatty tissues of the body in much the same manner DDT is stored.

2. There is evidence that marijuana may cause irreversible damage to 
the brain, including actual brain atrophy, when used daily for several years.

3. Chronic cannabis use results in deterioration of mental 
functioning, pathological forms of thinking resembling paranoia, a 
progressive and chronic passivity and lack of motivation.

What a noble enterprise our city council has embarked upon.

Benjamin Souler

Prescott
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