Pubdate: Fri, 25 Jan 2013
Source: Columbian, The (WA)
Copyright: 2013 Allen Russell
Contact:  http://www.columbian.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/92
Author: Allen Russell

DISREGARD 'GATEWAY DRUG' ARGUMENT

Regarding the Jan. 20 letter from Frank Hoetker "Pot is a gateway
drug," I have smoked pot for the last 33 years, since I was 13.

I never got into heavier drugs that would eventually kill me, like
alcohol, for example.

Generalizations must be kept to oneself when it comes to such things
as people overdosing on drugs.

When I die from a more powerful drug than pot, I will make sure my
wife puts it in the obituary: "Allen died because he smoked pot for
years and years and he finally caved in to harder drugs." Nobody will
believe it and nobody really believes the "gateway drug" propaganda
and foolishness.

Allen Russell

VANCOUVER
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