DON'T EXAGGERATE MARIJUANA DANGERS

Regarding your front-page story on Tuesday "Kids' drug of choice . . .
Anything they can find in your medicine cabinet":

The question that needs to be asked is: Why don't children believe those
who warn them about the dangers of drugs? The answer: Because when the drug
war cheerleaders lie about or grossly exaggerate the dangers of marijuana,
they lose all credibility.

When children find out that they have been lied to about marijuana, they
make the logical assumption that they are also being lied to about the
dangers of other drugs like methamphetamine, heroin and household inhalants.

A recipe for disaster.

- - Kirk Muse, Mesa