News (Media Awareness Project) - Canada: PUB LTE: Dumbing Down |
| Title: | Canada: PUB LTE: Dumbing Down |
| Published On: | 2001-08-25 |
| Source: | National Post (Canada) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-25 09:59:37 |
DUMBING DOWN
Re: Toke Up, and Dumb Down, Aug. 23.
Professor Filip Palda asserts that marijuana is not legal because it
stupifies its users. I have read several major studies on the subject, and
I can't find any historical evidence that marijuana is not legal because it
stupifies its users. Indeed, if that were the rationale, then obviously the
toughest penalties would have to be against the use of alcohol.
Marijuana is illegal because of racism, ignorance and laws that never did
make sense.
Clifford A. Schaffer, director, DRCNet Online Library of Drug Policy, Calif.
Re: Toke Up, and Dumb Down, Aug. 23.
Professor Filip Palda asserts that marijuana is not legal because it
stupifies its users. I have read several major studies on the subject, and
I can't find any historical evidence that marijuana is not legal because it
stupifies its users. Indeed, if that were the rationale, then obviously the
toughest penalties would have to be against the use of alcohol.
Marijuana is illegal because of racism, ignorance and laws that never did
make sense.
Clifford A. Schaffer, director, DRCNet Online Library of Drug Policy, Calif.
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