Pubdate: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA) Copyright: 2015 The Press Democrat Contact: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/348 Author: Sherrill Dunning-Riley HEROIN AND POT EDITOR: It's not clear if the placement of Saturday's front-page headlines was meant to be funny or ironic, or if it was just random. The top story of the day, the first headline, was all about 15 local people who were arrested in a major heroin bust ("Heroin ring suspects indicted"). Maybe five inches lower, the big headline said, "In search of best buds," with the usual glowing reports of the local marijuana growers and their search for the best organic, sun-grown pot. Maybe you could make your position a bit clearer by just making it one headline: "Heroin = Bad, Marijuana = Good." The ironic thing to me, as a registered nurse, is that I have taken care of many patients over the past 43 years who have overdosed on heroin. When the toxicology reports come back, there is almost always not only heroin in their systems but marijuana as well. Yeah, I know, no one wants to hear that. But it's true. SHERRILL DUNNING-RILEY Santa Rosa - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom