Pubdate: Sat, 24 Jul 2010
Source: Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA)
Copyright: 2010 Mark Brock
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1343
Author: Mark Brock

BREATHE EASIER: REJECT POT

There is one critical issue that is being entirely overlooked in the
discussion over the legalization of marijuana, the "secondhand smoke"
issue.

When an individual chooses to partake of alcohol they can do it and
the intoxication is limited to those who choose to partake of it.

When an individual chooses to partake of marijuana the intoxication is
forced upon anyone nearby who breathes who it.

How many hundred of times in your life have you breathed secondhand
tobacco smoke? Do you think that pot smokers will be any more
considerate than tobacco smokers? Don1t kid yourself.

Many pot smokers think they will be doing you a favor by making you
breathe it. Some will be considerate and try to avoid causing others
to breathe it. Others will delight in forcing people to breathe it.

Imagine walking down a city street with your 8-year-old child in hand
and an infant in your arms. Two different groups are walking ahead of
you on the sidewalk. Both groups are smoking pot.

You and your children do not have the option to stop breathing. So you
and your kids are forced to breathe pot against your will. This has
proven to have an intoxicating effect even from secondhand pot smoke.
Being forced to be intoxicated is never a sensible thing for society
to allow.

Vote against the legalization of pot. Both you and your family will
thus breathe easier.

Mark Brock

Grand Junction, Colo. 
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