Pubdate: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 Source: Daily Messenger (NY) Copyright: 2012 GateHouse Media, Inc. Contact: http://www.mpnnow.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2207 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n065/a09.html Author: Stan White THE PROHIBITIONISTS ARE LYING ABOUT MARIJUANA Citizens are learning that the lies, half-truths and propaganda that prohibitionists have been teaching about cannabis (marijuana) are just harmful reefer madness - and Ontario County Sheriff's Deputy John Peck wants to know how to "reverse this troubling trend" (Editorial: "Parents key in lowering teen marijuana use," Jan. 22)? One of the many negative consequences of lying to teens and adults about the plant is that it increases hard drug addiction rates. Does Peck (and other cannabis prohibitionists) believe it's acceptable to label cannabis a Schedule I substance alongside heroin while cocaine and meth are only Schedule II substances? It's commendable to keep teens from using the relatively safe, extremely popular, God-given plant (see the first page of the Bible) cannabis, but caging responsible adults is the wrong way to do it. STAN WHITE Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom