Pubdate: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2014 Larry Comeau Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor Website: http://www.ottawasun.com/ 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) - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D