Pubdate: Fri, 18 Apr 2014
Source: Las Vegas Sun (NV)
Copyright: 2014 Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Contact:  http://www.lasvegassun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/234
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n327/a09.html
Author: Kirk Muse

WE LIE TO OUR KIDS ABOUT MARIJUANA

I'm writing about Jackie Valley's story in The Sunday: "Modern 
addiction: Our heroin epidemic."

The question that needs to be asked is: Why don't children and 
adolescents believe those who warn them about the dangers of drugs 
like heroin? The answer: Because when the drug war cheerleaders lie 
about or grossly exaggerate the dangers of marijuana, they lose all 
credibility.

When children find out that they have been lied to about marijuana, 
they make the logical assumption that they are also being lied to 
about the dangers of other drugs like heroin.

This has been a recipe for disaster.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.
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