Pubdate: Tue, 08 May 2012
Source: Now, The (Surrey, CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 Frank G. Sterle, Jr.,
Contact:  http://www.thenownewspaper.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1462
Author: Frank G. Sterle, Jr.,
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n265/a04.html

BEFORE LEGALIZING POT, STUDY EFFECTS WITH ZEAL

The Editor,

Re: "Prohibition appears to have taught us nothing," the Now, May 3.

Especially with the unconditional support of the "opinion-makers"
infesting the mainstream news media, it's undeniably but a matter of
when, not if, pot consumption becomes legal and regulated.

And when it does, hopefully it will be as progressive of a social move
as its proponents adamantly insist it would.

But as with research into the health hazards involved with all
legal/regulated mind-altering substances, the same zeal for knowledge
must be just as prolifically applied to pot consumption.

I, a former frequent recreational pot consumer, urge such research,
for I know of the allegedly 'benign' effects cannabis smoking can
insidiously leave behind in a consumer's body.

In my case, I noticed the formidable damage about a few months after I
quit cold-turkey.

Frank G. Sterle, Jr.,

White Rock
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