WEED WARNING NEEDED

It was good to read the article "More youths are choosing not to
light up" (Leader-Post, Jan. 22). It was somewhat misleading as it
only pertains to tobacco use. My 15-year-old daughter tells me more
kids smoke weed than smoke regular cigarettes. It's not that she's a
big partier. It's just reality. We've done a great job with
advertising to convince kids that cigarettes can be hazardous to
their health, but we haven't done such a good job warning them about
the perils of marijuana. I heard recently some drug dealers soak
their weed in meth to get kids hooked on the bigger drugs. Have our
kids even been warned? Can we put some energy and tax dollars behind
helping our kids continue to make the healthy choices they seem to be
making with tobacco?

Janelle Buchanan

Regina