News (Media Awareness Project) - US MO: PUB LTE: More Harmed by Booze Than Pot |
Title: | US MO: PUB LTE: More Harmed by Booze Than Pot |
Published On: | 2003-03-11 |
Source: | Springfield News-Leader (MO) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-20 22:33:21 |
MORE HARMED BY BOOZE THAN POT
Re: Don Snavely's March 9 letter, "Marijuana causes
fatal crashes, too."
Former police officer Snavely tells quite a convincing story, but can
he provide any proof of these "many, many" wrecks?
I bet $1 he worked more alcohol-than marijuana-related fatalities,
yet all drinkers aren't arrested. I bet $2 he worked more fatalities
with sober drivers than those using marijuana. Should we arrest all of
them, too?
I see impaired drivers every day. They're easy to spot even without a
sobriety test. They're on the phone, smoking cigarettes, eating,
reading, falling asleep, their driving skills stink or they're simply
not paying attention.
I recall two women were killed in separate wrecks in Springfield last
year and a man was mowed down at a bus stop. Of course, those wrecks
were called accidents because the drivers were "sober."
Can anybody remember the last time they read about a wreck resembling
the story told by Snavely?
No? Me neither.
I bet everybody $3 Snavely worked many, many, many more deaths from
alcohol poisoning than the zero deaths from marijuana poisoning. Now,
which one should be illegal?
Carole Graves, Ozark
Re: Don Snavely's March 9 letter, "Marijuana causes
fatal crashes, too."
Former police officer Snavely tells quite a convincing story, but can
he provide any proof of these "many, many" wrecks?
I bet $1 he worked more alcohol-than marijuana-related fatalities,
yet all drinkers aren't arrested. I bet $2 he worked more fatalities
with sober drivers than those using marijuana. Should we arrest all of
them, too?
I see impaired drivers every day. They're easy to spot even without a
sobriety test. They're on the phone, smoking cigarettes, eating,
reading, falling asleep, their driving skills stink or they're simply
not paying attention.
I recall two women were killed in separate wrecks in Springfield last
year and a man was mowed down at a bus stop. Of course, those wrecks
were called accidents because the drivers were "sober."
Can anybody remember the last time they read about a wreck resembling
the story told by Snavely?
No? Me neither.
I bet everybody $3 Snavely worked many, many, many more deaths from
alcohol poisoning than the zero deaths from marijuana poisoning. Now,
which one should be illegal?
Carole Graves, Ozark
Member Comments |
No member comments available...