Bo Shaffer: Attack on Cannabis Is Misguided, Dangerous
There have been recent letters to the editor, T-C Line statements and even statements at city council that are at best erroneous, and at worst, self-serving. I'd like to correct the perception generated by this outlandish misinformation. These statements all concerned "potheads" and how terrible it would be to allow illegal drugs into our communities. How bad "pot" is and how all your children will be born naked if you use it ... or something like that.
The first misconception is about cannabis being an illegal drug. It is not a drug; it is a medicine. If you could see the children, teenagers, young adults, adults, seniors who have had their lives given back to them by cannabis, you would marvel at why anyone would make such a cure illegal. In truth, cannabis as medicine has been in use for millennia, as a general tonic and a healing medicine. It...
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