KEEP MARIJUANA ILLEGAL In the news lately, we have seen a great deal of outrage over the destruction caused by driving while impaired by alcohol. We have also seen a billion-dollar judgment against the tobacco industry for the damage smoking has caused. Is marijuana more or less harmful than alcohol or tobacco? It is certainly a fact that alcohol has caused much tragedy due to its causing mental and physical impairment to the body. Tobacco has certainly caused a great deal of death due to the carcinogenic effects caused by smoking it. Marijuana, however, does both. It alters and impairs the mind and body while, at the same time, it is ingested by smoking and contains more known carcinogens than tobacco. Not only that, but unlike cigarettes and alcohol, marijuana is smoked for one reason only: to intentionally become high from it, not for its taste as a casual drinker will do. So should we then legalize marijuana just because these other two destructive substances are legal? Only if three wrongs make a right. Chris Anderson Big Lake
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