Pubdate: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 Source: Alaska Dispatch News (AK) Copyright: 2015 Alaska Dispatch Publishing Contact: http://www.adn.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/18 Note: Anchorage Daily News until July '14 Author: Bill McCord POT SCARE TACTICS ARE FALSE Alaska's politicos and various allied morality police betray a prevailing public trust: they presently sabotage voters' intent to decriminalize production and use of marijuana. The current soapboxing and grandstanding about control and regulation increase corruption opportunities; likewise, massive regulation invites furthered criminalization. Anyone who's lived more than a couple decades will recognize the contrived health scare tactics: Protect consumers, and their children, from the long-term effects. First of all, there is no established scientific research, primarily because the government refused to permit legitimate research, or relax federal prohibitions. In fact, there is substantial anecdotal "research" generated by desperate medical needs that makes the current health scares look silly. The only palpable signs of addiction in this controversy are politicians' attachments to myths and fabrications. They cannot give up their intoxication with power and control - in spite of the facts. - - Bill McCord Haines - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom