Pubdate: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Copyright: 2013 The Arizona Republic Website: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/24 Author: Marvin N. Jarecki LACK OF ARRESTS RAISES DOUBT ABOUT POT STUDY Lately I have been noticing a lot of news items concerning our state's medical-marijuana law -- repeal efforts by legislators, court challenges, editorial comments by our media sources. Now, I see a study by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, which cites surveys showing that 11.6 percent of eighth-to 12th-grade students illegally receiving drugs from medically approved users. What I'm not seeing in the media, (maybe I'm not turning to the right page, or the right channel at the right time) are stories of arrests concerning these obvious lawbreakers. Could we have descended into "Reefer Madness" hysteria already? You remember all the unsubstantiated stories of madness and sociopathic behavior foisted by government officials in an attempt to sway public opinion and dissuade marijuana use. It seems to me that if there were solid evidence of this blatant abuse, arrests would have been made in very public ways to impress upon the public that this is indeed happening. 'Nuff said. - -- Marvin N. Jarecki, Glendale - --- MAP posted-by: Matt