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Students Need To Be Re-Educated On Dangers Of Pot
Pubdate: Wed, 29 Nov 2006
Source: Standard Freeholder (Cornwall, CN ON)
Copyright: 2006 Osprey Media Group Inc
Contact: http://www.standard-freeholder.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1169
Author: Gerry Van Loon, Char-Lan
High School Confidential
STUDENTS NEED TO BE RE-EDUCATED ON DANGERS OF POT
There is a lot of confusion going around about how dangerous and
harmful marijuana truly is. There is this growing group of people
that are starting to believe that weed is a "soft" drug. That it's
not nearly as dangerous as other drugs, such as cocaine. But after
hearing from Alvin Powell on Thursday there is a lot less belief in that.
Powell, a recovering drug addict and ex-NFL player, goes through the
steps of his life and how he got involved in drugs and the effects
they had on his life. Most people would think that sitting and
listening to some motivational speaker go on and on about how drugs
are bad, like you have every year, would be boring. But Alvin Powell
takes a whole new approach to getting his message out and instead of
preaching how drugs are bad he shows you what they do and informs his
audience about things they don't know. He is an amazing speaker and
throughout those two hours there wasn't a single sound throughout the
entire cafeteria. Everyone from all different social groups were all
mezmorized and amazed by the speaker in front of them. I won't get
into details about what exactly Alvin Powell talked about because I
couldn't possibly create the mood that he does, but there is one
point that I would like to talk about. Near the end of his
presentation he talks about how people are starting to think that
weed is a "soft" drug.
"The government is realizing how much money is spent on weed, and
they're upset that they aren't getting a part of that money through
taxes. But they know they can't legalize it now, with everyone
thinking it's a 'hardcore' drug so they are letting on it is a 'soft'
drug, so that in a couple years they will be able to legalize it
because everyone will think it's no big deal," Powell said.
I think that we need to re-educate the youth in how dangerous weed
really is and eliminate this theory before it spreads out of control.
In conclusion I would just like to say that Powell is an amazing
speaker and I think that every student in SD&G should hear what he has to say.
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