Pubdate: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB) Copyright: 2016 Postmedia Network Contact: http://www.calgaryherald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66 Author: Cole Syrenne Page: A15 ACCEPT IT: SOME LIKE MARIJUANA Re: "Legalized pot will add to epidemic," Letter, Nov. 23. Calling pot a very psychoactive, gateway drug that has very severe effects on the developing brain is misleading. Not only is "very psychoactive" very subjective, there is no evidence to support that marijuana is a gateway drug. I can agree that it has severe effects on a developing brain, which makes me wonder why we wouldn't legalize and ID purchasers, keeping it out of the hands of children. If alcohol and nicotine are socially acceptable for adults to consume, why can't we as a society accept that some adults would like to consume marijuana without being labelled a criminal? Cole Syrenne, Calgary - --- MAP posted-by: Matt