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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (2307)	10/20/2009 4:35:08 PM
From: SmoothSail	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23934

My views on harder drugs are a little less well defined. Hard to find where the line is to cross. Coke? Some people have used it all their lives and paid a price for it. Johnny Carson had to have several operations on his nose. I think he died prematurely and probably because of his coke use. In some circles, coke usage is acceptable, even socially. Meth, crack, crank and that ilk are so addictive that the person's life is severely compromised. Still, it's too easy to get those drugs that making them illegal promotes crime - usually violent crime. Glad it's not my decision to make.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (2307)	10/21/2009 2:14:51 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23934

"Alcohol is agrueably a much more dangerous drug to those around the alcohol user than to those around a marijuana user." Tell that to the poster boy for marijuana, Ricky Gates. Ricky Gates drove his Conrail train through three red stop signals and straight into an Amtrak train, killing 16 and injuring 176 while he was under the influence of marijuana. The potheads studiously avoid any mention of Ricky Gates. The wreck was the bloodiest in Amtrak's history. On Jan. 4, 1987, a string of Conrail locomotives rolled past warning signals near Baltimore and collided with a high-speed passenger train carrying more than 600 people. The fiery crash killed 16 and injured 176. Public dismay turned to anger when it was revealed that engineer Ricky Gates had been smoking marijuana at the controls of the Conrail train. Gates admitted the drug use and pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a urine test, required by the Government of railroad employees involved in serious accidents. TIME magazine Monday, Apr. 03, 1989 By ALAIN L. SANDERS time.com One in four at risk of cannabis psychosis By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent The Times April 12, 2005 timesonline.co.uk Pot-smoking your way to memory loss New Scientist Magazine issue 2543. 18 March 2006 newscientist.com Marijuana wreaks havoc on brain's memory cells 11:38 20 November 2006 NewScientist.com news service by Roxanne Khamsi newscientist.com Up in Smoke: Marijuana Toasts Memory By Robert Roy Britt LiveScience Managing Editor 13 March 2006 livescience.com Severe Vomiting Sickness With Chronic Cannabis Abuse ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2009) — sciencedaily.com Lab study shows THC exposure as adolescents linked to negative effects of THC as adults Eurekalert ^ \| 04/19/09 \| Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology eurekalert.org Marijuana may increase psychosis risk, analysis says cnn.com Medical pot figure charged with child molestation Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, January 5, 2007 sfgate.com