Pubdate: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 Source: El Paso Times (TX) Copyright: 2012 El Paso Times Contact: http://www.elpasotimes.com/townhall/ci_14227323 Website: http://www.elpasotimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/829 Author: Irene Ortega Beto O'Rourke We can't have people like Beto O'Rourke in a position of leadership in the federal or state government who deny the effects of marijuana on society. I have been a witness and testify that having lived through that hell twice that it doesn't stop there. There will be other illicit drugs to try. People of affluence can't understand an ordinary person and the extent of the problems drugs can bring. Besides despair, destruction, unproductive lives, domestic violence, accidents, child abuse and neglect, drugs anesthetize and corrupt the mind and weaken the foundation of America. In spite of good lawyers, good rehabs, counselors, etc., even the affluent don't always escape. Look at Whitney Houston; even legal drugs can kill! This proposition by this candidate is one more attack on the children, the home and the nation. We want people in Congress who love America, not bring more moral rot to her. Irene Ortega West El Paso - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom