Allan Erickson's Jan. 10 letter, "Prohibition ineffective," and Kirk Muse's Jan. 2 letter, "Legal pot builds roadblock," tout the Czech Republic as doing it right, regarding handling problems with marijuana. If they'd rather deal with the former satellite nation, passports are easy to obtain - for non-criminals. These two are either claiming they're sick enough to need a bogus cure like pot, or they support a criminal act. Illegal crops making illicit money, (while destroying lives of users and families) is no reason to legalize or decriminalize them. John English, Eugene, Ore. [end]
Consider the full-court press for marijuana legalization since the magazine High Times' article laid out the game plan for all users to follow! The resulting three agenda-driven letters in your one edition then (April 21), isn't surprising! Research the history of the movement, the mega-wealthy who're funding the initiatives all over the U.S. (read Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve, by George Soros) and users' dedication - to working to legalize their lifestyle, one understands! Literally every paper in the country receives similar letters! [continues 107 words]
In the early 1900s, snake-oil salesmen sold remedies that contained narcotic drugs, potions that masked pain for many patients. Because diseases went untreated, use often led to preventable deaths. Although many individuals became addicted to these medicines, the intent, unlike marijuana users, was not recreational use. Note that a San Francisco study of AIDS patients who use a cannabis club in Oakland found that, on average, patients had smoked marijuana for 15 years prior to onset of their diseases. Marijuana, like thousands of other plants, contains compounds, some therapeutic, some harmful. To date, after more than 20,000 scientific studies, some of marijuana's compounds have been isolated, synthesized and approved for medical use. Sativix, the newest compound derived directly from cannabis, is now being tested. [continues 114 words]
Drug dealers and users want credibility. Let's take them at their word. Believe them when they say that their ultimate reason for promoting the scam of legalizing "medicinal" marijuana is driven by their long-term goal of legalizing all drugs for recreational purposes. Doubt it. Read their magazines and e-mail; they've spoken of it openly for 15 years, except to nonusers, of course. A cartel of legalizers bankrolled by George Soros and friends is (one state at a time) circumventing federal laws via the initiative process - this includes Food & Drug Administration laws preventing quackery - a dangerous precedent. [continues 146 words]
Weedotherapy is an apt description of "medicinal" marijuana. Not only is self-medication never wise, marijuana is a dangerous, delusional drug. Scientific studies show that 40 percent of people think placebos help them. Further, if one has read the druggies' own words for 15 years, as I have, one would know that promoting marijuana as a "medicine" is part of a three-tiered attack to legalize all "recreational" drugs (druggies admit that to each other). (The other two tiers: Claiming the war on drugs has failed and claiming that hemp is the silver bullet.) [continues 67 words]
