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See no evil: What works in Montana to deter our youth from using meth should also work in Arizona.  But it won't ( "Meth Madness," Sarah Fenske, April 27.

It won't work in Arizona because the people warning our youth about the evils of meth are the same people who used lies and gross exaggerations about the so-called evils of marijuana.  Thus they have lost their credibility.

Credibility is the most important aspect of persuasion.  Once it is gone, your ability to persuade is gone.

The biggest danger of anti-marijuana hype is that when children and others find out that they have been lied to about marijuana, they then make the logical assumption that all information about other drugs like meth are either gross exaggerations or outright lies.

This is a recipe for disaster.

Kirk Muse, Mesa