Thank you for asking. It means a lot to know you care.

On that note, I'd also like to hear how Stick's brother is doing.

as for our youth taking up Marijuana, yea they might, but if i was a parent i would rather they sneak a dime bag from a friend at school then a bottle of liquor and ending up in the hospital in an alcoholic coma, something that has personally happened and continues to happen year after year. maybe these legislators should be making the sale of alcohol and tobacco illegal, hhmm....but that would never happen due to the large amounts of funding that these companies provide to senators campaign contributions. as for pot being a gate way drug, yes it is and this will never change untill it is legalized. yes being in a room where people are already in defiance of the law will open you up to other action and conversations that you might not otherwise be subjected too. now the only way to get rid of this effect is to legalize marijuana so that when someone walks into a room filled with pot heads they will think twice about breaking out cocaine or worse. with pot legalized they could be walking into a room of law abiding citizens and would never think about offering a law abiding citizen a line of cocaine or other illegal drugs.

now as for "hard drug" offenders having previous criminal offenses with marijuana lets take for example that we outlaw caffeen (which causes heart problems, anxiety, and other medical issues), how many people that eventually end up doing cocaine would have prior caffeen addictions or convictions. lets not be so nieve here. there are much worse drugs out there that people put in there body on a daily basis but noone says a thing about it, asprin for example, kat williams does a great skit where the punch line has to do with taking to many and having it be your last nap. try doing that with marijuana.

as for our youth being on the streets, there are many other medications people take that cause accedents or imparement but you dont see them trying to outlaw the use of such drugs. at least if our youth where to experiment with marijuana they would be introduced into other states of consiousness without the possibility of overdosing or passing out cold and balcking out the entire night like alcoholics do several days a week.

as for the productivity issue i think your forgetting to realize that pot users like anything else are subjected to a statitical sampling, and you are only focusing on the section you choose. I am a recent graduate with a degree in Engineering and i smoked pot almost daily in college, as well i have known many people to go into industries across the country who used marijuana and still do, as well as older individuals that hold completely normal and very active jobs such as construction. there was also surveys done by students showing that people who smoked marijuana tended to do better in school then most people who drank alcohol weekly. you are completely misrepresenting the sample in a way you choose to support your "opinion" which is the biggest mistake scientifically you can make, you are forcing your own biast onto the results. did you ever think that this state of mind might be beneficial. beneficial to stress levels, insomniacs who cant sleep, people with eating disorders who have little to no appitite, or possibly for creative purposes. John Quinn seems to be all about the "work harder not smarter". Andrew Weill wrote a great book called The Natural Mind where he wrote about civilizations using certain drugs to stimulate thought and then applying that to there daily work. creativity cant be forced, sometimes you need to sit back and look at something from a different point of view. as for productivity i would like to see you tell the movies and music industry that marijuana hurts there productivity, maybe in the short run, but in the long run there are many musicians and actors, writers, directors that openly support the use of marijuana. some of these people "produce" more sales revenue in one album or movie then some lawyers will in an entire life time. not to mention show us ways of thinking and parts of our selves that some conservatives could never understand.

as for "If keeping marijuana use illegal keeps one kid from becoming a drug addict, then we've saved a life." while this is a good thought it is very short minded and impracticle, i have seen more people become addicts of harder drugs because marijuana was illegal. if someone has a truly addictive personality and is put on probation for marijuana some times they will move onto harder drugs that only stay in your system for a number of days as opposed to weeks which is the case with marijuana. so to avoid drug tests they do cocaine or get drunk to the point they cant stand several days a week. now on the flip side we could try using marijuana to help addicts kick harder addictions by putting them in an altered state of conciousness helping them to avoid cravings that will cause a relapse.

So you're productive: because of this there are more products, developments, services. Tell the truth: are these things always, categorically useful? Is a person deserving of respect just because he heads up the corporation that produces Barbie dolls, or cars that waste gas and pollute the environment? Is a person's achievement in society measured by this "productivity," to plague our society with more useless things and services that don't really "serve" anyone? Think...

...yes, that's right. What it comes down to is MONEY. A person who earns money is "productive," a young man who plays video games with his buddies is a "waste." That of course is not really how it is and the commercial is a sham: you can be good at a lot of things in life other than making money and deserve respect, whatever it is you are "good" at.

I'm afraid we just will have to drop this perspective of ours: Your life belongs to YOU, and not to society. Now, you should not HARM society, especially innocent people. For my part, my 20s were uniformly "unproductive": I worked odd jobs and wrote poetry in my spare time, traveled a lot, and communed with countless musicians and forest-goers. So I'm "a waste." Because I didn't have a big, fat wallet, I was a burden, a waste, a delinquent.

Rest assured that I will include your BIL and family in my prayers.

They finally got the breathing tube out of Dad's throat early this morning and they sat him up in a chair a little while ago. We took my Mom up to the hospital last night but Dad didn't know we were there. We put our trust in our God and in the hospital staff so we came home to get some sleep instead of staying at the hospital all night.

The compassion that drives our fight to stop cannabis prohibition is the same compassion that permeates our physical and spiritual beings, and it's what truly makes us human beings.

I love all of you and consider you a blessing in my life.

Praying.

We saw him for a couple of minutes but he wasn't conscious.

The surgeon said the surgery went well but there's a 5% to 10% chance of bleeding or clotting within the next 24 hours, so we still need all of the prayers we can get.

Thanks again for being there for us in times of crisis. It means a lot to Mrs. Green and me.

you have some especially sharp clarity in your comments. You always do but, today you are particularly on target.

That is just the point here, and I did an editorial to that paper, about these things-THE REDNECK HAS A "WETBRAIN" MENTALITY, where he can't fathom intelligent logic.

He has, in fact, what I have named "Conservative Affective Disorder" (CAD), where the alcohol has totally scraped the lining of brain cells in various brain structures, like the "ventromedial prefrontal cortex", where TRUTH can be imagined, perchance also increasing, paradoxically, activity in the "anterior insula", which is where "cognitive dissonance" hits with a KNEE JERK REACTION, whereever and whenever a true REDNECK (alcohol wetbrain syndrome, actually) hears something about marijuana.

George Bush, in fact, has a well-established form of this wetbrain syndrome. In fact, in the current issue of TIME MAGAZINE, there is an article entitled "MY NOSE, MY BRAIN, MY FAITH", where they even give an example that is TERRIFYING. They note that when subjects are presented with certain "false statements", including (now this is really eerie, folks), "TORTURE IS GOOD", which characteristically triggers that ANTERIOR INSULA to light up like a Christmas tree at winter solstice (ie: most subjects would react that that is a wrong statement). I'm guessing, though, that in a typical WETBRAIN REDNECK like George Bush, this would, instead, hit the VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX, corridor, ie: I can just see these people thinking, in some weird, BIZARRO-WORLD SUPERMAN PARALLEL UNIVERSE SYSTEM, where everything takes on a 180 degree twist, back to the McCarthy Zone, where "bust them over the head" alcoholics can justify taking away any rights, any justice, and replacing justice with a LEX TALIANIS, "eye for eye, tooth for tooth", justify killing the child to save the child, "throw the baby out with the bath water", type of BURN THE VILLAGE TO SAVE IT, type mentality, and that is not nice, folks, and this has just got to stop, folks.

On the other hand, people that have carefully nurtured CB-1 receptors in these areas of the brain, can safely use alcohol, in moderation, of course, especially where the CB-1's are gently triggered to provide neuroprotection for those sensitive and very volatile "reactionism" receptor areas, the ones we need to carefully balance and monitor, to ensure that rigid, preset, reactionism, of the type of REDNECKS, don't overly tweak, and cause us to overreact like those rigidly preset REDNECKS, to stimuli that is selectively designed to "tweak" such things as the "wrap us up in the patriotism of the flag", or "kill all the commies", or "torture is good, um, um good", reactions, which cause such people as REDNECK POLITITIANS TO REACT BY WANTING TO PUT ALL POTHEADS IN JAIL, um, um, good eh?

In other words, potheads have caused a reaction, in the brain, whereby reactionism is dampened, and tolerance is encouraged, and balanced, "both sides of any issue" is encouraged, which means we are selectively protected from CAD (conservative affective disorder) and REDNECKISM is something we can easily avoid and overcome, and isn't that what we have to do right now, ie: "we shall overcome?" which is especially timely, in fact, just around the time we celebrate MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., at least in non-REDNECK zones, eh?

I'm done now, and please check out that TIME MAGAZINE article about things that smell fishy, things that sound fishy, and religious constructs that sound fishy. They all go around and come around to those same old parts of the brain, called the anterior insula, and IN FACT, THAT IS THE AREA OF THE BRAIN THAT JESUS CHRIST TRIED TO HELP US "REORIENT" back in the Bible Zone, in his SERMON ON THE PLAINE (Luke) and the SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew), wherein he, and those writers that wrote on such subjects, of course, which is why we still get this through the sands of time, still in print today, no less, (and not too shabby, to have your words printed in easily available large print, in almost every hotel/motel room in the realm, eh, some 2000 years after REDNECK REACTIONARY WARRIORS HAVE REACTED WITH SUCH STUNNING EFFICIEENCY THAT HE GOT STRUNG UP, GOOD LIKE, and punched for good measure, but only clear fluid came out, meaning it was an artificially and medically induced now-grading of blood flow & respiratory distress, which caused him to be cut down and removed from the cross to a waiting emergency room operating theatre, thanks to Uncle Joe, from Arimathea, ac actually Ramah, where Samuel hailed from, that used a similar "annointing oil" to make kings into prophets, etc., but now I'm starting to digress, aren't I?).

The point here? Jesus, a really good scholar, that knew much about neuroscience, and psychoanalytical constructs, knew his stuff so well, he had secrets about how to rebalance that anterior insula, about 2000 years before other thinkers even NAMED THE PART OF THE BRAIN HE KNEW HOW TO REBALANCE, and he gave us devices (in words, still in print, of course), for reorienting thoughts to avoid REDNECKISM, and others had already heard from Gabriel, about how certain people, like John the Baptist, SHOULD NOT USE ALCOHOL, OR "STRONG DRINK" & "WINE" because when strong thinkers like John, were given especially sensitive equipment, with "special options" so he/they could have special brain abilities, they SHOULDN'T USE THAT REDNECK BRAIN KILLER DRUG, because that KILLS THE EXTRA CREDIT ABILITIES THAT SOCIETY NEEDS TO OVERCOME REDNECKISM, and who knows, maybe GEORGE BUSH HIMSELF COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PRESIDENT, without that "torture is good" mentality, IF HE HAD KEPT OFF THE SAUCE, EH FOLKS?

And hey, not too shabby, eh? For Jesus Christ, that was "born in a manger" because there is no room in the inn, to have his BEST SELLER, still being kept in EVERY ROOM IN EVERY INN, IN EVERY TOWN, IN EVERY LANGUAGE, IN EVERY ENLIGHTENED CORNER OF THE REALM, EH? Not too shabby, Jesus, and good thinking, to place these brain tweaser/tweaker, thought devices, and metaphors, in the minds of two good writers, Matthew & Luke, who both placed them in such words (with such stunning "secrecy", and apparent "oxymoron", and almost sarcasm, so the CATHOLIC EDITORS didn't even see just how subversive and counter-cultural so they otherwise would have WIPED THOSE WORDS OUT, PRONTO, FOREVER, IF THEY HAD HAD ANY IDEA OF JUST HOW SUBVERSIVE THOSE WORDS WERE, to those WETBRAIN REDNECKS, that is, the booze hounds, that took his frame, exported it, "packaged it", and made true "sacrament" morphed right into BOOZEHOUND alcohol & pastey white glutamate flour dough brain killer "bread" that actually causes people to get Alzheimer's, etc. -that is, if they don't get their CB-1's massaged once in a while), ie: those CATHOLIC BOOZEHOUND, REDNECK, WETBRAINS very effectively kill any TOLERANCE OR INTELLECT, OR ABILITY TO SEE BOTH SIDES OF ANY ISSUE, ETC., and thanks for listening, I'm really done now, really, I am. You can go to "iowademocrat.net" to read more about "Conservative Affective Disorder" (CAD), and I hope those articles help stop this REDNECK NEBRASKA WETBRAIN SENATOR dead in his tracks, before his wetbrain redneck brain gets Nebraska stuck right back in the "McCarthy" Zone, and thanks for the introduction, Toker00, it was a good setup for this response. I'm really done now, really, I am.

This article has been a vile irritant ever since I first saw it and I've been too angry to comment like I'd like to, about it. I still am.

John Quinn is without mercy.

Is he now asking for some sort of "mercy" on him and what he does for a living?

Are we supposed to have some sort of "mercy" on the merciless like him?

"Oh spare me, oh kind voter. Spare me and my non-existent invisible one kid here. Grant me the mercy of being able to continue to persecute the cannabis consumer and get paid for it. Oh please. Please!"

He, and others like him, have a powerful need, obviously for the blood and suffering of the cannabis consumer.

Seeking mercy for all, I would spare him the punishment for all the wrong he has done. He's abused people, I know, yet I would give him a chance to stop abusing people he apparently believes are "abusing" a plant.

from the pulpit comes the same old tired dogma from the original prohibition bible, essentially played out in Reefer Madness, and refined by Nixon/Reagan, and repeated over and over again.

"We are now part of a global society and global economy. Our young people will be entering a workplace where we compete with highly productive workers in other countries. Instead of decriminalizing drug use, we should be setting an example that people get ahead by getting a good education, working hard, and being productive. If we want to compete in a global society we need to be motivated to produce materials and ideas for the world. Pot smoking will not assist our society in becoming more productive."

Or how about;

"We are subjects of an ogliarchy that through lies, subterfuge, twisted moralities, false authority, and war -don't forget war- is currently in the final phase of establishing the 'New World Order.' The 'young people' will be entering a marketplace filled by third world slaves (highly productive). Instead of sanity and freedom, we should be concentrating on assuring ('setting an example') the stability and supremacy of programming and propaganda (education) of the willing slave state (working hard, being productive). If our elite rulers want to compete in a global Imperium, we need to insure that all ideas and materials are under the complete control of the elite. Pot smoking will undermine the slaves willingness to capitulate."

But it is. It's very important.

Government and it's agents are hurting people's lives terribly. Sometimes taking them completely. Runruff. HerbDoc. Steve Kubby. Robin. Peter McWilliams. Rainbow Farm. And so many others have had to suffer abuse at the hands of goverment. Some in cells. Some in death.

I don't forget, Museman, that your home, built by your family on blisters and sweat, was taken from you and your family because of the excuse they take with the plant, cannabis. I don't forget, FoM, GCW, and all the others that have watched their loved ones, their very children, suffer, for lack of relief and help that a simple natural herb could have brought them.

Infused in the air. Brewed in a tea and ointment. Baked into food. It could have helped. It could have eased suffering.

It could have made some bad moments a lot easier. A lot sweeter. A lot kinder in this cruel, cruel world. But it wasn't allowed because of an idiotic prohibition and and idiotic prohibitionists.

As we watch these things happen we are watching the death of a beautiful and truly noble idea.

This idea of government that was born with the United States was a basically good idea that could have grown to be more than it was.

Sometimes it did grown and develop in places where it was born lacking. Women and minorities got more freedom and ability to exercise their rights and opinions. Slavery was abolished. That was when it grew.

Then it started shrinking again. It started dieing and whithering and smelling of untreated infections, and I see few signs of a reversal of all the bad signs.

A government of the people and by the people based on the idea that people, even as individuals, have God given rights and freedom. A people governed by the idea of freedom and liberty. A people free of overreaching and fascist government.

What we are watching in all these injustices is the death of a nation that once struggled to be born free.

Hate and spite are what the persecution of Marc Emery and company is about.

He irritated the wrong bully.

Marc rubs a lot of people the wrong way. He has done nothing worthy of imprisonment. It's a crying shame that our government can put a human in a prison cell because they are so damn irritating to certain individuals in government and government gangs. How can you respect a hate fueled government like that?

I sure hope Marc gets the miracles he's hoping for. I really like that about Marc.

AT least 5 years in Canada is better than life in prison in this sad country's prison system.

[1] Vermont -- Before the "Let's decriminalize marijuana" train leaves the station here in Vermont, I think that legislators and others should think about the potential impact on Vermont should we declare marijuana to be legal or decriminalized .

[2] Advocates for the decriminalization of marijuana have argued that we are losing the war on drugs .

[7] In diversion they are asked to do some counseling and community service in exchange for their case being dismissed .

[8] How many of Vermont's youths would take up pot smoking if it were no longer against the law?

[12] Do we really want to permit the young people of this state to engage in the use of a substance that robs them of motivation, puts them in an altered state of mind, and potentially has them driving on the highways of Vermont while under the influence of marijuana?

[17] The ad concludes with the words, "Who says that marijuana is not harmful?"

[18] Those advocating for the decriminalization of marijuana know that pot smoking puts the user in a dreamlike state of mind .

[20] Is that what we want for our children?

[21] We are now part of a global society and global economy .

[22] Our young people will be entering a workplace where we compete with highly productive workers in other countries .

[23] Instead of decriminalizing drug use, we should be setting an example that people get ahead by getting a good education, working hard, and being productive .

[24] If we want to compete in a global society we need to be motivated to produce materials and ideas for the world .

[25] Pot smoking will not assist our society in becoming more productive .

[26] While I don't subscribe to the scare tactics of others that marijuana use automatically leads to harder drugs, it is often the case that I see a person charged with heroin, cocaine, or some other "hard drug" has a prior conviction for possession of marijuana .

[27] Those with "addictive" personalities, and who might not have ever tried marijuana for fear of getting caught by the authorities, may find themselves tempted by the high of marijuana and want to try something a little stronger .

[28] If keeping marijuana use illegal keeps one kid from becoming a drug addict, then we've saved a life .

[29] While we're considering the impact on the youth of this state, we had also better consider the impact on the rest of us when the other 49 states discover that Vermont allows pot smoking .

[30] Will every "pot head" in the country decide to move to Vermont?

[33] Decriminalizing marijuana in Vermont will lead to more smoking by our youth and an increased risk of lung cancer .

[34] Decriminalizing marijuana in Vermont will lead to more substance abuse and unhealthy lifestyles .

Thanks Mr. States Attorney

Published: Monday, January 14, 2008

VANCOUVER -- Marc Emery, Vancouver's self-styled Prince of Pot, has tentatively agreed to a five-year prison term in a plea bargain over U.S. money laundering and marijuana seed-selling charges.

Facing an extradition hearing Jan. 21 and the all-but-certain prospect of delivery to American authorities, Mr. Emery has cut a deal with U.S. prosecutors to serve his sentence in Canada.

Thank you!

{ While I don't subscribe to the scare tactics of others that marijuana use automatically leads to harder drugs, it is often the case that I see a person charged with heroin, cocaine, or some other "hard drug" has a prior conviction for possession of marijuana. Those with "addictive" personalities, and who might not have ever tried marijuana for fear of getting caught by the authorities, may find themselves tempted by the high of marijuana and want to try something a little stronger. If keeping marijuana use illegal keeps one kid from becoming a drug addict, then we've saved a life. }

Yeah, he doesn't subscribe to the stepping stone or gateway theory. However, he says that keeping one child from using "marijuana" will keep that child from being a drug addict. Of course, the use of alcohol and prescription drugs by future adults is not mentioned: no alarm bells about that. Also, the fact that "marijuana" is more available to school children under prohibition than cigarettes and alcohol, which are legally regulated, is totally ignored.

There is good reason to be against, "Christian Right Wing fascism" ... The Christian Right is an oxymoron / Misnomer.

But don't let "Christian Right Wing fascism" keep You from having the relationship with the Christ that is good.

Were told to love one another and the "Christian Right doesn't seem capable of doing that request and it most often turns people away from what they think Christianity is.

The "Christian Right" republican is usually not the kind of person Jesus Christ wants Us to be. Find good Christians and use them as examples to lead You with The Christ, The Ecologician.

Don't let disobedient Christians lead You away from being a Christian.

After all, God indicates He created all the plants saying they're all good on the 1st page of the Bible and disobedient Christians can not change that.

Don't deny He who created the herb; deny the ignoids who wish to take it away.

A cross joint is when you have 1 large joint and a shorter smaller joint and you join them through each other to form the shape of a cross.

Pubdate: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 Source: News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n044/a01.html?397

"Advocates for Medical Marijuana Use See Him As a Victim of the Government's Policy

Medical marijuana advocates in Texas lament the fate of a cancer patient turned federal fugitive who was shot and killed during a drug raid last week at his North Raleigh home.

Stephen Scott Thornton, 45, of 5401 Alpine Drive died Friday afternoon from wounds received as sheriff's deputies and Wake County Alcohol Beverage Control officers forced their way into his home that morning to search for evidence of marijuana plants."""

The arrogance of the statement is beyond belief " If keeping marijuana use illegal keeps one kid from becoming a drug addict, then we've saved a life."

Mr. Quin, if you expect me to buy into that premise I would ask you to show your sincerity. Voluntarily submit yourself or a loved one to the same procedures that Police and the justice system use to deal with Cannabis possession. If after being arrested, ( and possibly looking directy down the barrel of a gun) being handcuffed, taken to jail, fingerprinted, placed in a cage, appearing in court, dealing with lawyers, . Well I'm gonna stop right there, but the fines and legal & socially humiliating results of an arrest don't stop there. Then , and only then will I believe you are sincere in your beliefs.

On a parting note Mr quin, have you considered the consequences of such an arrest on a commercial driver, Pilot Teacher, or lawyer. All of these people would be severely sanctioned. by thier licensing boards, and might well cost then the right to practice thier proffesion.

Why is it necessary to test all of our PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, many of whom make millions per year, for cannabis use if people are so lazy and debilitated after using cannabis? Surely nobody would have the desire and devotion to achieve the talent necessary to play professional sports or compete in the Olympics if they've used cannabis, would they, Mr. Quinn?

Why does anybody with any kind of professional license in the US have to fear losing that license, which means they lose their ability to earn a living in their chosen field, only because they admit to or are discovered using cannabis, even when there is no proof or evidence that cannabis use is deleterious to their performance?

Could Mr. Quinn be a liar, or is he just an ignorant hack?

You all know the numbers on the amount of prosecutions for minor possession, cultivation, and selling herb. Even he says he has sent hundreds to diversion for possession.

Lets add up all the bust every year. This is how many cases go before prosecutors every year. If not for all the pot bust [major or minor] what would all these prosecutors be doing for a living? Private practice? The lawyer market would be so flooded half the lawyers in this country would have to seek other employment. Who knows this better than a court prosecutor?

Court prosecutors are thick skinned snakes. They don't care if they put away innocent people, If their sentence is fair of not so long as their record looks good.

It's so funny that he mentions our collective productivity in the age of the global economy. Yep, some people have to go to school, work hard, compete, and earn a living.

And then some people just go to work for the government, attacking people for touching herbal plants. They clamp on to the body of the productive working class to suck their life force away like a parasite sucks warm blood from its host, giving nothing in the return except disease.

He's only covering the superficial effects and not the adverse long-run effects.

What about the stigmata that is placed upon people who are arrested for marijuana possession? What about the probation, the mandatory treatment programs (big brother brainwashing), the loss of jobs, the loss of college financial-aid, and the whole idea of being knocked down, kicked, and forced into a lower-caste just for using marijuana?

Mr. John Quinn I have absolutely no respect for you. You are selfish and you are willing to sacrifice our youth, my kids, for it. You should be held in contempt by society, shame on you for lying to try and preserve your job prosecuting people for a lie!

Like the low paid slave wages in China for example?

They either increase production or they starve for they are beat to death!!! That's motivation for someone like this guy I guess.

"How many of Vermont's youths would take up pot smoking if it were no longer against the law? A hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand?"

Better to have them drink and abuse Alcohol and smoke tobacco like his generation has!!

How many have dies from those 2 vises in his state? A hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand?

How many from Marijuana? 00000000000000

OT: The Future of Mankind.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8545585184878490822

It's long and requires concentration, but well worth it.

I feel we should respond to the major nonsense points just in case anybody reads this crud without knowing the facts.

1) Decrim does not make marijuana legal - for adults it would remove their cases from the criminal to the civil system. People would get fines similar to traffic tickets. If an underage person was caught with marijuana, they would probably be diverted to various forms of youth intervention.

If Vermont decided to legalize, rather than just decriminalize, some form of sale to adults would be allowed. Underage people would not be allowed to buy, similar to the way we handle alcohol.

It can be argued that a well-regulated legalization approach, with its control and strong motivation for merchants to avoid selling to underage people ( risking fines, loss of license and criminal penalties)would be more likely to keep marijuana from children compared to our out-of-control black market.