JANE KELLEY was thinking about Re: Marijuana & children and keyed into 
cyberspace:
JK>TM> JK> Those who use marijuana for medicinal, religious, or
JK>TM> JK> recreational use are not responsible adults.  They are under
JK>TM> JK> the influence of a mind altering drug.
JK>TM>      You'd probabaly be surprised by the number of successful law
JK>TM>      enforcement officers, lawyers, judges, doctors, dentists,
JK>TM>      bankers, computer scientists, commodity traders, and NURSES
JK>TM>      who smoke pot now and then, for recreational purposes.
JK>TM>      Would you characterize them as irrsponsible ?   I don't
JK>think so. 
JK>I would.  You can excuse their behavior away if you chose to, I've
JK>seen too much misery from this noxious weed over the past 30 years to
JK>believe otherwise.  There are, for example, several members of one
JK>daughter's high school class who died before graduation in auto
JK>accidents......the result of the difference in the immediate
JK>withdrawal of pot and alcohol in a speeding car around 2-3 am.
JK>Then the kids in the old King County Jail and the North
JK>Rehabilitation Facility come to mind who we couldn't get out of bed
JK>in the morning for breakfast.  They were still in the acute stages of
JK>withdrawal from pot when arrested.
JK>Anyone who knows that these things are possible from the use of the
JK>stuff and who goes on and ingests it has no respect from me at all.
JK>I've listened to too many addicts over the years who have made it to
JK>recovery from the damn stuff to believe anyone else on this subject.
Jane, I see your perspective. You have dealt with those who started at 
marijuana,and went on to stronger drugs. From that perspective, I would 
have to agree with you.
HOWEVER, and that is a big "however", not all marijuana users go on to 
other things. Some experiment, and quit, others stay with it. So, the 
addict and user population is a diverse group. Wouldn't you say?
                ===>The Voice of Reason<===
                     mark.probert@juno.com
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