Pubdate: Fri, 11 Jul 2014
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388
Author: Roger Morgan
Page: A13

BERKELEY CRAZINESS

The Berkeley City Council, obviously driven more by passion than
intellect, has unanimously decided to force pot shops to give 2
percent of their "medical marijuana" to those who can't afford to buy
it (e.g., students, unemployed, addicts, et al).

First of all, marijuana is not medicine. It is a drug of abuse.
Second, many of those who can't afford to buy it already suffer from
substance abuse.

Third, the impacts on the brain and babies in the womb, and doubling
of traffic deaths suggest it is more of a lethal weapon.

Fourth, if they can't pass a drug test, they can't get a job, so
handing out an illicit drug just exacerbates the problem.

Let's hope they don't give alcohol to alcoholics to help treat their
illness.

Roger Morgan, Lincoln, Placer County
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