Pubdate: Tue, 21 Jan 2014
Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2014 Larry Comeau
Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329
Author: Larry Comeau
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

OBAMA NOT COOL

Re: 'Pot no more dangerous than alcohol: Obama,' Jan 20.

In an obvious attempt to show how cool he is Obama is being
irresponsible claiming pot is no more harmful than alcohol.

As a narcotic pot can be very harmful and can lead to
addiction.

Think of the added impact to health systems, adding more addictions
would create. Like many pushing legalizing pot, Obama is showing
blissful blindness of studies showing early use of marijuana has been
shown to cause psychosis later in life.

Other studies have shown clearly that marijuana time and time again
has been shown to be a stepping-stone drug to even more addictive
narcotics like heroin and cocaine.

Having someone like Obama make such an irresponsible statement is
reprehensible.

Larry Comeau

Via e-mail

(But the pot debate is going to happen here very soon) 
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