Pubdate: Sat, 01 Aug 2015
Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2015 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact: http://www.torontosun.com/letter-to-editor
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457
Author: Russell Middleton
Page: 16
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

REEFER MADNESS

Re "Cocktail of drugs in system" (Sam Pazzano and Maryam Shah, July
29): You said he was on meth, ecstasy and marijuana. Really, you want
to go there? Linking pot to those other two is an unfair comparison.
It certainly doesn't help the movement towards legalization. Did you
mention that he may have had aspirin or caffeine in his system as
well? What about prescription drugs? Of course not, because it's
unimportant. Marijuana does not make you a raging lunatic. It actually
calms you. So, enough of the reefer madness and report the real news.
Cue silly comment.

Russell Middleton Cambridge

(Did you read the story? It was a report on what drugs were in his
system as revealed by an autopsy, including drugs other than the ones
you just named. It quoted experts on what effects those drugs would
likely have had. You're the one reading into it things the story
didn't say)
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