Pubdate: Wed, 31 Aug 2016
Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
Page: A14
Copyright: 2016 The Toronto Star
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456
Author: Jim Wigmore
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n596/a07.html?3198

POT GENIE IS OUT OF THE LAMP

Re: Why legalizing marijuana is the wrong thing to do, Life Aug. 29

I agree with Dr. Harold Kalant's article that it is important to 
prevent adolescents from using cannabis, but the genie has already 
been let out of the bottle since 2000, when the courts ordered the 
government to legalize medical marijuana.

Instead we need more effective measures and regulations to counter 
the view by an increasing number of adolescents, as promoted by Big 
Cannabiz, that marijuana is a harmless drug with no side effects.

This reminds me that the same view was promoted effectively by Big 
Tobacco for years that cigarettes were a healthy and harmless product as well.

Jim Wigmore, Toronto
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