For our children's sake, please vote no on Measure 91 - legalization of "recreational" marijuana. Some greedy legalization proponents are salivating at big bucks to be made while ignoring societal costs and potential human damage. Lancet Psychiatry Journal (September 2014) warns: Teenagers using cannabis daily are 60 percent less likely to complete high school or get a degree than peers who have never taken the drug. They're also nearly seven times likelier to attempt suicide and almost eight times likelier to use other illicit drugs later. [continues 175 words]
In the name of compassion Courtenay has decided to supply crack-pipe kits to drug addicts in hopes of reducing diseases. Does the city council not realize this enables the addict to continue his/her slow, self-administered suicide? The moral action to take is to incarcerate the addicts and force even temporary sobriety on these individuals. For the very few who continue in their sobriety after incarceration their lives will be saved and, I might add, they will not contract diseases related to addiction. One life saved is better than facilitating the slow death of thousands through the so-called compassion of supplying free crack-pipe kits. Which method shows true compassion to the addicts? Robert J. Perry Victoria [end]
Dear editor, In the name of compassion, Courtenay has decided to supply crack-pipe kits to drug addicts in hopes of reducing diseases. Does the city council not realize this enables the addict to continue his/her slow, self-administered suicide? The moral (and legal, I might add) action to take is to incarcerate the addicts and force, even temporary, sobriety on these individuals. For the very few who continue in their sobriety after incarceration, their lives will be saved, and, I might add, they will not contract diseases related to addiction. One life saved through the law is better than facilitating the slow death of thousands through the compassion, so-called, of supplying free crack-pipe kits. In reality, which method shows true compassion to the addicts? Robert Perry Vancouver [end]
In the name of compassion Courtenay has decided to supply crack-pipe kits to drug addicts in hopes of reducing diseases. Does the City Council not realize this enables the addict to continue his/her slow, self-administered suicide? The moral (and legal, I might add) action to take is to incarcerate the addicts and force, even temporary, sobriety on these individuals. For the very few who continue in their sobriety after incarceration their lives will be saved and, I might add, they will not contract diseases related to addiction. One life saved through the law is better than facilitating the slow death of thousands through the compassion, so-called, of supplying free crack-pipe kits. In reality which method shows true compassion to the addicts? Robert J. Perry Victoria [end]
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department's annual marijuana eradication effort has begun with the assistance of agents from the U.S. Department of Justice Campaign Against Marijuana Production task force, and the National Forest Service, according to a statement released by the department. About 35 law enforcement personnel participated in the destruction of 12 marijuana crops. A total of nearly 35,000 mature marijuana plants were uprooted in three separate locations, all within the Los Padres National Forest. The two largest grows were in the Juncal Dam area, three more in the wilderness area west of Cachuma Lake, and four grow areas in the Bear Canyon area. According to officials at the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) the street value of the crop was nearly $87.5 million. [continues 134 words]
