KIDS SEE THROUGH OUR HYPOCRISY ON DRUGS

Re Knowing Meth Is Dangerous Doesn't Make Other Drugs OK, Letter, Aug. 25

When one considers that junk food will kill many times more Canadians
than all illegal drugs combined, meth hardly seems like the epidemic
and scourge that the police and government hype make it out to be.

We live in a "drug culture" that advertises booze, fast cars, fast
food, violent movies and video games, and drugs of all kinds on TV!
Then we tell kids, "Say no to drugs."

We give kids Ritalin, instead of just reducing their sugar and
Game-Boy intake, and then tell them, "Marijuana is dangerous!" They
see right though this hypocrisy. A ruse by any other name...

For those keen on educating kids about drugs - without all the
hyperbole and hypocrisy of the standard "drug education" programs - I
recommend the Educators For Sensible Drug Policy website at www.efsdp.org.

Russell Barth

federal medical marijuana

license holder,

Ottawa