Pubdate: Thu, 14 Jun 2001
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
Copyright: 2001, The Globe and Mail Company
Contact:  http://www.globeandmail.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168
Author: J. Duncan Cunningham

REREADING THE POT STATS

Pond Inlet, Nunavut -- Apparently, sex and marijuana present approximately 
the same risk of a heart attack to boomers, yet it is only the marijuana 
that Harold Kalant suggests we quit. What about sex? Nine of 124 marijuana 
smokers indicated smoking marijuana within one hour of the onset of 
heart-attack symptoms. How many had sex?

Dr. Kalant goes on to state that the liberalization of marijuana-possession 
laws would lead "to an increase in use and adverse effects." In this same 
vein, it stands to reason that increased sex will have similar adverse 
effects -- so what about Viagra, penile implants and the like?

J. Duncan Cunningham
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