Pubdate: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 Source: Detroit News (MI) Copyright: 2013 The Detroit News Contact: http://www.detroitnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/126 Author: Malcolm Kyle Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n538/a03.html OUTLAW EVEREST? Smoking tobacco should not be encouraged, yet we do not threaten tobacco growers, vendors and users with arrest and imprisonment. Now consider dangerous sports, such as mountain climbing. The death rate on Mount Everest is about one in ten of those who make it successfully, which is a vastly higher mortality rate than just about any drug used at present in a recreational manner. Malcolm Kyle, San Antonio, Texas - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom