Pubdate: Sun, 03 May 2015
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2015 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact: http://www.edmontonsun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Frank A. Healy Jr.
Page: 16
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

WEED NOT LIKE ALCOHOL

I'm a 50-year-old regular user of marijuana and the last thing I want
to do is come across as a whiner. However, I have to say that the
title you chose for your piece on the weed lounge (Hello Occifer) was
inaccurate. The largest problem we users of "dope" face is the lack of
knowledge by those who are non-users and those against legalization.

Your joke would only apply to alcohol users, since marijuana doesn't
make you slur your words. (At least not when it's used on it's own.)
The Cheech & Chong shtick continues to feed into the idea that abuse
of marijuana is somehow okay with adult marijuana users and, frankly,
it's not!

Frank A. Healy Jr.

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(We hope not all pot smokers are like Cheech & Chong.)
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