News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: PUB LTE: Don't Confuse Med. Cannabis With Juveniles, Gateway Drugs |
| Title: | US CA: PUB LTE: Don't Confuse Med. Cannabis With Juveniles, Gateway Drugs |
| Published On: | 2008-06-18 |
| Source: | Daily Triplicate, The (Crescent City, CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-06-25 00:50:11 |
DON'T CONFUSE MED. CANNABIS WITH JUVENILES, GATEWAY DRUGS
I am amazed how people think you can grow 99 mature cannabis sativa,
or as it is commonly called, marijuana, plants in a 100-square-foot
area. Try putting 99 mature tomato plants in a 100-square-foot area. I
use tomatoes as an example because they are similar in size at
maturity, as cannabis sativa plants produced in a common grow room. If
you can do this then you should go into farming. I can barely get 15
plants, tomatoes and a few small citrus bushes, in my small
greenhouse. If I packed my greenhouse with 99 mature tomato plants I
would have to stack them on top of each other.
Another problem with growing any kind of plant is that they do not all
survive. Out of 99 plants you might get a 60 to 80 percent success
rate. Then you have to pull all of the male plants out. Male plants do
not produce a usable product and they make your female plants produce
seeds, which reduces your output of effective product.
Medical cannabis sativa helps many medically handicapped individuals
have a more bearable life. It is a drug that has many uses and is
cheaper when grown at home than a lot of prescription drugs with less
side affects. Ingesting cannabis sativa is a preferred way to use it,
which requires a larger supply. Let's not confuse medical cannabis
sativa with juveniles and gateway drugs.
The three most accessible gateway drugs are tobacco, alcohol and pills
in your medicine cabinet. Most juveniles will get some type of drug
because they know who to go to among their peers. When I was in the
seventh grade I chewed tobacco during lunch break. My friend's older
brother supplied us. At high school parties we would have access to
tobacco, alcohol, cannabis sativa and sometimes mushrooms.
Is your child really spending the night at their friends? Most of the
juveniles at the parties were A and B students. This always surprised
me. But this is a problem that has been around since before I was
born. Try not to pull the Compassionate Use Act into juvenile
delinquency.
Shawn Arrasmith
Crescent City
I am amazed how people think you can grow 99 mature cannabis sativa,
or as it is commonly called, marijuana, plants in a 100-square-foot
area. Try putting 99 mature tomato plants in a 100-square-foot area. I
use tomatoes as an example because they are similar in size at
maturity, as cannabis sativa plants produced in a common grow room. If
you can do this then you should go into farming. I can barely get 15
plants, tomatoes and a few small citrus bushes, in my small
greenhouse. If I packed my greenhouse with 99 mature tomato plants I
would have to stack them on top of each other.
Another problem with growing any kind of plant is that they do not all
survive. Out of 99 plants you might get a 60 to 80 percent success
rate. Then you have to pull all of the male plants out. Male plants do
not produce a usable product and they make your female plants produce
seeds, which reduces your output of effective product.
Medical cannabis sativa helps many medically handicapped individuals
have a more bearable life. It is a drug that has many uses and is
cheaper when grown at home than a lot of prescription drugs with less
side affects. Ingesting cannabis sativa is a preferred way to use it,
which requires a larger supply. Let's not confuse medical cannabis
sativa with juveniles and gateway drugs.
The three most accessible gateway drugs are tobacco, alcohol and pills
in your medicine cabinet. Most juveniles will get some type of drug
because they know who to go to among their peers. When I was in the
seventh grade I chewed tobacco during lunch break. My friend's older
brother supplied us. At high school parties we would have access to
tobacco, alcohol, cannabis sativa and sometimes mushrooms.
Is your child really spending the night at their friends? Most of the
juveniles at the parties were A and B students. This always surprised
me. But this is a problem that has been around since before I was
born. Try not to pull the Compassionate Use Act into juvenile
delinquency.
Shawn Arrasmith
Crescent City
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