Pubdate: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 Source: Palm Beach Post, The (FL) Copyright: 2014 The Palm Beach Post Contact: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/333 Author: April Scholl Page: A8 CONSIDER FALLOUT FROM LEGALIZED POT I believe that legalizing marijuana is going to bring up a lot of contradicting legal issues ("Changing pot laws prompt child-endangerment review"). This is just the beginning of double standards that this medical marijuana issue is going to stir up. How are the laws able to define what is moral and what isn't on a home-to-home basis? It is not possible to be consistent with all the different cases that are out there. People should not be doing drugs while they are taking care of children. But, I do believe that medical marijuana can help certain illnesses. Medical marijuana should be dispensed at medical offices, and treatment should be done in medical facilities. This seems like the only way that we can regulate the use and the environment in which marijuana is used. Marijuana should not be treated like heroin and other Schedule I substances under federal law. It seems as though there should be more restrictions on legalizing marijuana, and some re-evaluation on drug laws. We must be firm and consistent when it comes to such big decisions, especially when it is affecting lives. Too many times the government jumps right into lawmaking without thinking of the consequences, and contradictions that may occur. APRIL SCHOLL, LAKE WORTH - --- MAP posted-by: Matt