Pubdate: Thu, 12 Apr 2012
Source: Eagle Valley News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 Sicamous Eagle Valley News
Contact:  http://www.eaglevalleynews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4362
Author: Todd Lumley

MP COLIN MAYES MISGUIDED ON EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA USE

In response to MP Colin Mayes column, Legalizing marijuana raises
health concerns, in the March 28 EVN.:Your ignorance of cannabis is
obvious Colin, and relying on a journalist to be your source of
expertise is irresponsible to say the least. As for the psychiatrist
with 30 years of experience, I think you should ask him why we have
not seen the same increase with mental illness rates as we've seen
with cannabis use among the youth in the last 30 years or more?
Because there is no definitive link between cannabis use and mental
illness, that's why.

Dr. Henry T. Chuang's comment about their brains becoming poisoned
exposes his obvious lack of knowledge about cannabis, and reassures my
point that the doctor is not an expert on cannabis and its effects on
its consumers.

I have a question for Colin Mayes and all the other prohibitionists
out there. Why do you people never talk about the millions upon
millions of people around the world that used cannabis regularly as a
youth, and then moved on in adulthood to become a productive member of
society? People like Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Al Gore, to name a
few. The truth is, there are many successful stories behind successful
people that included cannabis use when they were young, and I'm quite
positive there will be many more in the future. Unless, of course,
they have to answer to a legal system about their cannabis use, a
system that has destroyed futures, torn apart families and financially
bankrupted people for choosing to consume a substance far less toxic
than the ones on the legal market today. Substances like alcohol,
tobacco, caffeine, and sugar.

Todd Lumley
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MAP posted-by: Matt