Pubdate: Fri, 01 Oct 2010
Source: Union, The (Grass Valley, CA)
Copyright: 2010 The Union
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Author: J. Crouch

FIND A BETTER ANSWER

Since I am in my 60s and haven't experienced the effects of using 
marijuana in many years ... I decided to give it a try and then form 
(or re-form) my opinions of using it. I tried it and started driving 
home down McCourtney Road to Penn Valley! On the road I use quite 
often, I got lost three times, ran off the edge of the road several 
times, lost my phone trying to call for help and completely forgot 
how to get home. I sat on the edge of the road for an hour waiting to 
be able to continue. I have never been so messed up! It was a 
terrible, frightening experience and completely reaffirmed my belief 
that the drug (marijuana) is extremely harmful and mind altering!

People who believe its primary benefit is to relieve pain are not 
facing reality. You can also relieve severe pain by drinking yourself 
into oblivion ... why not open clinics to promote therapeutic, pain 
relieving alcohol use?

California would not be overflowing with fields of marijuana if our 
lawmakers experienced what I did that night. There has to be a better 
answer to this dilemma than legalizing another mind-altering narcotic.

J. Crouch of Penn Valley
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