Pubdate: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 Source: Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) Copyright: 2010 Appeal-Democrat Website: http://www.appeal-democrat.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1343 Author: Liz Hawkins CLAMP DOWN ON MARIJUANA Thank you Marysville police for closing down the pot dispensary. I was not happy to read that the pot shop was open or the article headlined "Teens choose pot over cigarettes." Having four children, I don't want them flooded with the wrong message that marijuana is OK because it is legal for "compassionate" use. How compassionate is it when someone who has been prescribed marijuana smokes it, becomes impaired and gets behind the wheel and kills someone? We legalized alcohol and look how many lives that has destroyed. I also blame the doctors who give their patients permission to do this as the article reads, "I don't do anything except what the doctor gives me." Some doctors don't know all the possible effects of legal or illegal drugs or care how it will affect their family. Keep running articles against marijuana. Parents lead by example. Morals are the best present you can give; they're worth a million dollars. Liz Hawkins - --- MAP posted-by: Matt