THE METH SCOURGE

While local governments are struggling with a methamphetamine epidemic, the
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is spending millions on
a reefer-madness-revisited ad campaign. The biggest lie to come out of the
ONDCP is that new, potent strains of marijuana allegedly make pot a far
more dangerous drug. This is nonsense. Potent strains of marijuana and
concentrated hashish have been around for millennia. The only difference
between weak and strong marijuana is that potent marijuana requires
significantly less smoke inhalation to achieve the desired effect. It's
actually less harmful. The resources wasted on the ONDCP's misleading
anti-marijuana campaign would be better spent on treatment for meth addicts.

Robert Sharpe, M.P.A.

Policy Analyst

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C.