Pubdate: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Copyright: 2016 The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Author: James G. Wigmore Page: F2 COMMERCIALIZING POT IS THE ISSUE Re Panel To Tell Ottawa To Monitor Legal Pot (Dec. 8): The problems with marijuana will not result from its legalization but from the commercialization of this drug. A recent study of Grade 6 to 8 students (a high risk population) in southern California showed that students who were exposed to medical marijuana ads were twice as likely to intend to use cannabis than those who were not. I hope we will not repeat the tragic mistake that occurred with cigarettes in the 1950s when only the "healthy" effects of its use was promoted by Big Tobacco to increase consumption. James G. Wigmore, forensic toxicologist, Toronto - --- MAP posted-by: Matt