Pubdate: Sun, 22 Jan 2012
Source: Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO)
Copyright: 2012 The Gazette
Contact: http://www.gazette.com/sections/opinion/submitletter/
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Author: Ron Johnston

PLEASE, GET A CLUE!

The year that medical marijuana dispensaries were approved by the 
voters of Colorado, drug-related school suspensions and expulsions 
rose by 40 percent. Despite numerous school and community sponsored 
drug education programs, drug use by adolescents of all ages has 
sharply increased with this law.

I am personally aware of the horrendous side effects of chemotherapy 
and other medical procedures. However, the THC medicinal benefits of 
marijuana are readily available in alternative medications, and are 
found and regulated at the local drugstore.

Teachers, school officials, and law enforcement agencies are now 
struggling to deal with the increasingly negative fallout. We are 
crippling our youth, compromising our schools, numbing our society 
and handcuffing our cops with this reckless legislation.

Now, of course, the push for legalizing marijuana is on. For those of 
you that voted for legalizing medicinal marijuana dispensaries and/or 
are considering voting for legalizing marijuana... please, get a clue!

Ron Johnston

Colorado Springs
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