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   From: tluffman5908@mail.wowway.com   
      
   Good post.   
      
   "Rob"  wrote in message   
   news:CdsDc.545429$Ar.428626@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...   
   > CBC did a bit of a marijuana special on the tube this week.   
   >   
   > I was shocked to see so-called police experts still spouting two old-time   
   > fables ... Their lack of sophistication, in 2004, is astounding.   
   >   
   > 1)  Pot is a gateway drug and leads users to harder stuff ... Surely, if   
   > this were true, there would be a cocaine and heroin epidemic among Baby   
   > Boomers and people who have been smoking pot for decades.  There is no   
   such   
   > epidemic.   People settle in to pot and hash and stay there.   
   >   
   > 2)  Today's pot is too strong.    Yes, and whisky is a lot stronger than   
   > beer and wine, but they still sell that in the liquor store.   
   >   
   > Today's pot is stronger, which is why we smoke less of it per use.  Much   
   as   
   > one might pour a two-ounce shot of whisky, instead of drinking the stuff   
   > like beer, a pot smoker smokes smaller amounts.   
   >   
   > But, incredibly, to the narrow minded police officials on the drug squads,   
   > those two misconceptions are not only true, they justify enforcing a law   
   > that incarcerates people for these reasons.   
   >   
   > The stupidity is maddening.   
   >   
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