TOO MUCH 'REEFER MADNESS'

WILLIAM Marshall's piece headlined "Going up in smoke" ("Evening Courier",
October 11) may be intended as satire, but to colour a potential nation of
cannabis users as hedonistic abusers who don't know when to quit is a bit
extreme, don't you think?

Look to Arabian or Indian cultures where cannabis was preferred over
alcohol if you want to realistically gauge the effects of a culture
permeated by THC.

I don't think everyone who drinks alcohol continually overindulges
themselves to the point of loss of consciousness or to violent fits of rage
and wife beating.

Please show a bit or [sic] responsible restraint on the acerbic British wit
as we've all had a bit too much of the "reefer madness" already.

Christopher A. Joseph, Parma, Ohio, U.S.