Pubdate: Fri, 23 Dec 2005
Source: Parksville Qualicum Beach News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Contact:  http://www.pqbnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1361
Author: Liz Stonard
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1951/a04.html

DON'T JUST TARGET THE POT SMOKERS

While I applaud the intention, there is something disingenuous about
singling out marijuana users for drug-impaired driving censorship
without also including prescription drug users.

Bedtime sedatives, anti-anxiety agents, or non-prescription cold and
flu medications with anti-histamines should be included with marijuana
in any impaired driving initiative.

Marijuana users are certainly no more impaired than the so-called
white-collar addicts, who abuse drugs like Tylenol with Codeine,
Valium, Ativan.

Less politics and more science please.

Liz Stonard

Coombs
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