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To: KLP who wrote (120143)	6/14/2005 8:55:53 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

you aren't aware of what is happening around you. How is looking around at what's happening now, when marijuana is illegal, going to inform the question of the incremental increase in marijuana addiction should it be legalized? Tell me how. It's not that my mind is closed. I just cannot imagine what it is I should be looking for. Can't you just tell me?

To: KLP who wrote (120143)	6/14/2005 9:47:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

Karen - I understand that you have spoken with some people who told you that marijuana is addictive - but they're wrong. Addiction is a physiological process that involves the interaction of neurotransmitters and neuroanatomy. It's been well studied all over the world for decades. It is possible to become psychologically dependent on marijuana as a "crutch" but it is not "addictive" in the way that other drugs are addictive, e.g., alcohol, cocaine, heroin, opiates, even caffeine. If you quit drinking coffee, you get a headache. You don't even get that if you quit smoking dope. As for asking cops to explain the physiology of drug addiction -- are you kidding? Searching for an analogy -- why not ask divorce lawyers to act as marriage counselors? Why not ask stock brokers to act as financial advisors? Ask plastic surgeons to advise teenage girls on beauty tips? Ask Bill Gates to help you figure out your Apple computer, or Steve Jobs help you with your PC?