Pubdate: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 Source: Cape Breton Post (CN NS) Copyright: 2008 Cape Breton Post Contact: http://www.capebretonpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/777 Author: Russell Barth Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1045/a03.html DRUG CULTURE ALL AROUND US IN TODAY'S WORLD "The culture has changed from soft drugs to hard drugs," said an unnamed mother in the Nov. 17 story, Eskasoni Residents March to Show Frustration with Drug Problem. "Kids aren't even going to the soft drugs; they're hitting the pills first." Adults have failed to keep kids away from drugs, and keep drugs away from kids. Your kids learned drug use from you. Our whole culture promotes and glamourizes drugs of all kinds. Everything about North American culture is saturated with sex, fun, thrills, wealth acquisition, rule breaking, law scoffing, authority resisting, danger, and power. We advertise booze and junk food during The Simpsons, beer, fast cars and Viagra during the hockey game, and pharmaceuticals of all kind every afternoon. Junk food kills many times more people each year than all illegal drugs combined! So does booze. Then we tell kids drugs are bad. Do you honestly think they don't notice the wild hypocrisy in this? A ruse by any other name.... A federally licensed medical marijuana user: Russell Barth Nepean, Ont. Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis (PAIDOC) www.paidoc.org - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin