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To: ManyMoose who wrote (103444)	5/8/2005 5:41:28 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

You posted to Ionesco, but referred to me, ManyMoose. I don't know if she and I have similar opinions on pot, because I haven't read all of her posts. Mine is that drug abuse should be viewed as an addiction, and treated medically. I understand marijuana is a lot more potent recently than when I experienced it as a young woman, and I am concerned that it is a gateway drug and would be extremely concerned if my own child used it, but I don't think there is any danger of it bringing down our society or anything close to that. It is much more likely that people commit crimes, including drunk driving, while using alcohol, a much more dangerous drug. Which brings up the point that alcohol and marijuana are similar in that for most people, they don't ever become an addiction.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (103444)	5/8/2005 5:46:10 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

We will disagree. I think alcohol is responsible for amazing amount of violence- but I think prohibition of even alcohol, would be a mistake. Pot is mild in comparison, and seems to have great benefits to mellow people out. I think more mellow people would be a great thing for this country. But obviously, people differ in what they want, and how they want to achieve what they want. "Marijuana is the country's third most popular drug, after alcohol and tobacco (both legal drugs). According to federal surveys, 70 million Americans have used marijuana, and 17 million are using it on a monthly basis now. The dangerous effects of marijuana are largely myth. Although the government has long opposed marijuana legalization in the name of public health and safety, every independent commission appointed to evaluate the dangers of marijuana use has found this claim to be unsubstantiated: " "Tobacco use has worse health consequences than marijuana use, and is more addictive - resulting in greater compulsive (hence health-endangering) use. There are 15 million alcoholics in this country whose lives are in disarray. Alcohol results in 22,000 deaths a year as a result of drunk driving alone. Yet neither of these drugs is prohibited by law." aclu.org