Jane Kelley wrote in a message to Alex Vasauskas:
AV>Notwithstanding your apparently unique universe that puts you in
AV>contact with with a small minority of people with personal problems that
AV>you and they like to blame on drugs or any other convenient scapegoat
AV>for lack of personal responsibility, Steve is absolutely right.  In fact,
AV>the DEA's Administrative Law Judge, after evaluating all of the evidence
AV>that the government could muster to prove that marijuana is harmful, came
AV>to very much the same conclusions as Steve did.  Judge Francis Young
AV>determined that marijuana was one of the safest drugs known to man:
 JK> Got news for you.  No judge is educated enough in this matter to
 JK> make a determination that makes any sense at all.  Most of them
 JK> haven't the faintest idea of what sort of treatment to mandate and
 JK> so the problems keep going on and on and on.
 JK> Judge Fancis Young is no better than any of the others.
This response clearly demonstrates your propensity to overgeneralize,
and to merely deny what you don't agree with.  You have invariably
exhibited this behavior with respect to drugs, how they affect people,
and how people use them.  In this instance, you don't know all judges,
you don't know most judges, you don't know Judge Young, you don't
know what evidence Judge Young considered (unless you read his
decision), and yet you make a conclusion based solely upon the fact
that the person does not support your version of reality.  So, your
sweeping opinions in these matters are not credible or unreliable.
Look back, if you can, to where we began discussing this issue.
You accused me of being in denial.  I said that you had previously
developed a reputation for making such broad statements without ever
supporting them with relevant authority or information, and that you
relied only upon parts of DSM IV that, taken out of context of other
relevant parts and ignoring other relevant information, could be used
to support your assertions.  Since then, I have provided you with
substantial authority and information to support my statements.  On
the other hand, you have confirmed your reputation and have never done
more than arbitrarily deny, as in this case with *DEA's* administrative
law judge Young.
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