Pubdate: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 Source: Honolulu Advertiser (HI) Copyright: 2000 The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. Contact: P.O. Box 3110 Honolulu, HI 96802 Fax: (808) 525-8037 Website: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ Author: Gerald Bohnet YES TO MARIJUANA BUT NO TO FLUORIDE? Way to go, Hawaii government! Your vote to support the use of marijuana reinforces the bizarre thinking that goes on and on in Hawaii politics. Let's not add fluoride to our drinking water. No way. Why, it will only help to prevent tooth decay significantly. And, if possible, let's do away with chlorine as well. After all, if nature had wanted our water to be any safer than it is, chlorine would have always been present in it. But marijuana - now, that's different. No harmful effects there; no scientific studies that have shown any signs of causing the user to suffer. So, let's get on with it. Make it legal and available. Let's create a Hawaii society of legal drug users, and don't think for one moment that its use will be restricted for medical purposes only. Live with the consequences of this double standard, Hawaii. Just write your elected representatives and thank them for all they have done to make this such a wishy-washy state in protecting and safeguarding the health and welfare of its citizens, current and unborn. Gerald Bohnet - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk