Pubdate: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 Source: Sentinel Review (CN ON) Copyright: 2017 Woodstock Sentinel Review Contact: http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/letters Website: http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2385 Author: John Fairweather Page: A4 POT BAD A recent letter writer is very dismissive and insulting of anyone who doesn't agree with his take on marijuana. There are many published studies showing how addictive marijuana can be for some people and how marijuana is a gateway drug to such wonderful products as heroin and fentanyl. Yes, marijuana is not new, but that does not mean it is a good thing. I am fine with medical marijuana, where the good outweighs the harm, but living through the '60s and '70s, I saw the harm marijuana caused to a number of my friends through constant use of this drug. I also had a close family member go from the joys of marijuana use straight to heroin and a jail sentence. Don't dare tell me that I don't understand the harm caused by drugs, including marijuana. The writer claims that what other people's kids are doing isn't society's responsibility. That may be, but when kids are going to school stoned, driving stoned and breaking into homes to steal things to sell for drugs, then those kids become society's problem. John Fairweather Almonte, Ont. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt