Pubdate: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 Source: Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) Copyright: 2008 The Oregonian Contact: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/324 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n128/a09.html Author: Jerry Gjesvold ARGUMENTS DRAW LINE: CRIMINALS VS. PATIENTS The ink is hardly dry on your editorial but proponents of legalizing marijuana have launched a new misinformation campaign in an effort to get you to accept their Trojan horse into your workplace. It is true, as The Oregonian indicated, that the rate of marijuana use by adult Oregonians as reported by the state of Oregon is 50 percent higher than the national rate. However, the proponents of marijuana use would have you believe that we should not be so concerned because the rate of use by Oregonians older than 13 is only 38 percent higher than the national average. All of this misinformation is being promoted by groups with an agenda: Legalize marijuana incrementally. These are the very same people who told you and me in 1998 that the program was for "very few seriously ill Oregonians" who would be allowed to use "small amounts of marijuana" and that "no employer would be obligated to accommodate such use." Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Do not let this second Trojan horse into our workplaces. Jerry Gjesvold Manager of employer services Serenity Lane Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs Albany - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake