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From: tluffman5908@mail.wowway.com

Good post.

"Rob"  wrote in message
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> CBC did a bit of a marijuana special on the tube this week.
>
> I was shocked to see so-called police experts still spouting two old-time
> fables ... Their lack of sophistication, in 2004, is astounding.
>
> 1)  Pot is a gateway drug and leads users to harder stuff ... Surely, if
> this were true, there would be a cocaine and heroin epidemic among Baby
> Boomers and people who have been smoking pot for decades.  There is no
such
> epidemic.   People settle in to pot and hash and stay there.
>
> 2)  Today's pot is too strong.    Yes, and whisky is a lot stronger than
> beer and wine, but they still sell that in the liquor store.
>
> Today's pot is stronger, which is why we smoke less of it per use.  Much
as
> one might pour a two-ounce shot of whisky, instead of drinking the stuff
> like beer, a pot smoker smokes smaller amounts.
>
> But, incredibly, to the narrow minded police officials on the drug squads,
> those two misconceptions are not only true, they justify enforcing a law
> that incarcerates people for these reasons.
>
> The stupidity is maddening.
>
>

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