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| No Easy Answer on Marijuana |
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Posted by CN Staff on May 06, 2002 at 08:31:43 PT Editorial Source: Edmonton Journal 
Don't hold your breath! The chances that a trip across Canada by a Senate committee will bring closure to the endless marijuana debate are probably about zero, especially with the United States in its current, extremely sensitive mood both about drugs and about a porous Canadian border.Nevertheless, the effort will give new credibility and prominence to a subject that truly needs to be resolved. For 40 years, Canadians have been told by advocates that the association of cannabis with hard drugs is illogical, and as such an unnecessary burden on the legal system and on otherwise law-abiding citizens. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #7 posted by Jose Melendez on May 06, 2002 at 15:52:52 PT:
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| I think the brain cell death myth has been exposed as... FALSE. Cannabis does not cause liver damage alcohol does. Alcohol over-consumption is often fatal, marijuana has caused zero deaths that are not also related to prohibition. Alcohol always impairs driving, while cannabis use has been shown in four studies with thousands of participants to slightly improve driver safety. See: [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #6 posted by Sam Adams on May 06, 2002 at 15:25:18 PT |
| The answer couldn't be any easier! Repeal the utterly stupid and counterproductive, damaging, laws! The only people that don't like the answer are law enforcement and organized crime. I'm losing tolerance for the intellectual cowardice of the media. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by potpal on May 06, 2002 at 14:13:20 PT |
| Since when does mj kill brain cells? [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #4 posted by Towlie420 on May 06, 2002 at 13:20:49 PT:
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| Alcohol is the same thing as marijuana. Both get you high or drunk. Both kill brain cells but Marijuana mellows you out. Alcohol gets you ready to mess something up. I cant beleive this idiots haven't thought about that. I am getting pissed off about this marijuana law. Change the marijuana law so you can smoke it, grow it and carry up to say...an ounce at a time. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #3 posted by el_toonces on May 06, 2002 at 10:07:17 PT:
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| ....she is doing such great and truly righteous work. I was also encouraged by the work being prepared at McGill by Dr. Mark Ware and colleagues. It's a pleasant coincidence he grew up in Jamaica in the 60s and 70s. I also was shocked -- to my delight -- that the local pain doctors in Portland seem to know of the patient clubs and are willing to at least work with these cannabis patients and care providers. Can you imagine how much money is saved by the government (all of us really) when a patient gets medicine and services at a place like CHAMPS and doesn't, for example, perhaps need Oxycontin at a cost of about $900 per month. How much money is saved when ill people can stay functional and work? The implications of this work and the sense of a very positive community these clubs create are thus, even reduced to pure dollars, potentially staggering if they continue to blossom. At a time when pharmaceutical costs are skyrocketing, Canada's national health system stands to save a great deal of money, I predict. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #2 posted by Jose Melendez on May 06, 2002 at 09:10:37 PT:
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| the familiar comparison with tobacco and alcohol is based on the illogical premise that those drugs would readily win legalization if society were in a position to make the choice again.
Does the author mean to suggest that the public would support jailing all cigarette and alcohol users? [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #1 posted by Ethan Russo MD on May 06, 2002 at 09:05:03 PT:
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| I was interviewed last weekend by a TV crew from Quebec. They asked for a lot of opinions about the situation. I mentioned that it wasn't my place to tell how Canadians how to act, or I could be construed as what I call a "cannabis carpetbagger." Rather, Canada should make up her own mind, but based on the best evidence, not government propaganda. Canada has a unique opportunity to lead on this issue, and I believe that their success will drive the debate here. Canada needs to listen to the voices of its own sages, such as Hilary Black, a remarkable young woman in Vancouver that has operated a model Compassion Club for several years with the tolerance and respect of local officials. She will show the way. [ Post Comment ] |
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