Pubdate: Thu, 05 May 2005 Source: NOW Magazine (CN ON) Copyright: 2005 NOW Communications Inc. Contact: http://www.nowtoronto.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/282 Author: John Velchak Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n572/a09.html?57325 MARIJUANA MIND GAMES The full-page article and Marijuana For All, by Alan Young (NOW, April 1-7), begins with some coherent and convincing arguments for the decriminalization of marijuana (puff). Then halfway through, Young begins to babble (puff) and his arguments begin to unravel (puff) when he cites studies showing that flush toilets injure more Americans than toking does. Young loses all perspective when he fails to realize that toilets are an absolute necessity and marijuana is not. Toward the end of the article (puff), Young shows his paranoia when he says that "the criminal prohibition of marijuana is all about thought control." Suddenly, his rantings begin to make sense. The thoughts expressed were not really his. They were some mysterious government conspiracy. John Velchak, Toronto - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom