Pubdate: Mon, 14 Aug 2017
Source: Daily Press, The (CN ON)
Copyright: 2017 Sun Media
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1001
Author: Jeff Meyers
Page: A4

MARIJUANA HASN'T CAUSED AN OVERDOSE DEATH

Letter writer Simon Guillet rails against marijuana and conflates it
with opioids and heroin. He obviously is not aware that marijuana has
not caused an overdose death in recorded history.

It's the "safest therapeutic substance known to man … safer than most
foods," wrote DEA judge Francis Young after hearing hundreds of hours
of testimony.

U.S. states that have legalized weed have had significant drops in
opioid use and overdoses.

So don't fear the weed, Canada, embrace it. You'll be much better
off.

Jeff Meyers, Westlake Village, Calif.
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