Pubdate: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 Source: Toronto Star (CN ON) Page: A14 Copyright: 2016 The Toronto Star Contact: http://www.thestar.com/ 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 - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom