Pubdate: Thu, 19 May 2016 Source: National Post (Canada) Page: A9 Copyright: 2016 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/wEtbT4yU Website: http://www.nationalpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286 Author: Ron Charach GOING TO POT Re: How Stoned Is Too Stoned, May 18. As a psychiatrist, I don't see many marijuana success stories. I am concerned that the powerful new hydroponic varieties of weed and those always unpredictable edibles will be all the more impairing on alertness challenges like driving a car. The actions of marijuana on young, still developing brains can be damaging, especially in users who have strong family histories of addiction or other mental illness. Weekend recreational use is one thing, daily use quite another. When all is said and done, I am warily in favour of legalization, if only because jails and criminal records are worse for your well-being than soft drugs. Here's hoping that even more widespread marijuana use doesn't do to our society what vodka has done to Russia. Ron Charach, Toronto - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom