1. Go into any hospital emergency room. Ask how many drunk drivers and
passengers they treat in an average day from car accidents.

2. Ask how many marijuana-smoking drivers and passengers they treat in
an average day from car accidents.

3. Have you ever read in a newspaper of drunk drivers killing people in
car accidents?

4. Have you ever read in a newspaper of marijuana-smoking drivers
killing people in car accidents?

5. Have you ever heard about anyone who has ever died from smoking
cigarettes, drinking alcohol, taking aspirin?

6. Have you ever heard about anyone who has ever died from smoking or
eating marijuana?

7. Have you ever heard of any violence caused by people who are drunk
from alcohol? Child abuse? Spousal abuse? Murder? Rape?

8. Have you ever heard of any violence caused by people who have smoked
or eaten marijuana? Child abuse? Spousal abuse? Murder? Rape?

9. If...it is clear to you that marijuana use doesn't cause car
accidents, death from eating or smoking it, child abuse, spousal abuse,
violence, rape and murder, then why is the "War on Drugs" being waged
mainly against marijuana users? Is it because loving, kind and smiling
people are easy to stomp on?

10. Marijuana users are usually very open, honest, helpful,
environmental, very intelligent and compassionate to millions of people
suffering from cancer, AIDS and a host of other painful diseases.
Marijuana is "good medicine." Why can't we believe the sick and dying
people when they tell us that marijuana helps them? Wouldn't you want
people to believe you or someone you love?

Eve Lentz (Allison Bigelow's sister)
Burlington