[JediGirl]

warning them that more teens are addicted to pot than to alcohol or to all other illegal drugs combined.

That is the most BS I have ever heard in my life.

MANY PARENTS and children have outdated perceptions about marijuana, said John Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Like that marijuana makes women seek sexual relations with black men?

They believe marijuana is not addictive, that it's less dangerous than cigarettes or that it has few long-term health consequences.

It is not physically addictive and I don't know people who think that smoking anything doesn't harm health.

n reality, more teens enter rehabilitation centers to treat marijuana addiction than alcohol or all other illegal drugs combined, Walters said.

You mean, more teens are stupidly forced into treatment for smoking it whether they are addicted or not.

"Our effort is to correct the ignorance that is the single biggest obstacle to protecting our kids," he said

Then howsabout you stop perpetuating the ignorance that pot is just as bad as heroin.

"For too long our nation's teens have been getting the wrong message about marijuana.

And you've been giving it to them

Carmona said that one out of five eighth-graders has tried marijuana - twice as many who tried it a decade ago.

How many have tried the more addictive drugs, tobacco or alcohol?

"Marijuana is not a rite of passage but a dangerous behavior that could have serious health consequences. Parents must realize that what they tell their children about drug use makes a difference," Carmona said.

And if they tell them that pot is as harmful as coke and heroin, then their kids, when they try pot, could move onto other drugs because if they were lied to about pot, then what else were they lied to about....

"We must lead by example and not use marijuana ourselves or condone its use by anyone of any age," he said.

"We must lead by example and not use cigarettes ourselves or condone its use by anyone of any age," he said.

"We must lead by example and not use alcohol ourselves or condone its use by anyone of any age," he said.

"We must lead by example and not use fatty foods ourselves or condone its use by anyone of any age," he said.

[JediGirl]

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Like that marijuana makes women seek sexual relations with black men?

I heard it makes people move to the UK and get married.

[WindMinstrel]

He's getting desperate. That's a good thing. The Internet was the death knell for prohibition.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

Dr. Richard Corlin, former president of the American Medical Association, urged parents, teachers, doctors and anyone else working with children to stop sending conflicting signals....

I'll make sure to inform my childrens' teachers to stop smoking MJ in the classroom before lunch.

(I'm sure they didn't mean it quite that way...)

[clamper1797]

warning them that more teens are addicted to pot than to alcohol or to all other illegal drugs combined.

What an absolute crock of crap

[JediGirl]

The nation's drug policy director warned parents Tuesday against trivializing the dangers of marijuana to their kids, warning them that more teens are addicted to pot than to alcohol or to all other illegal drugs combined.

Actually, I can see how that's true now that I think about it....it's easier to get pot but it's harder to get alcohol because it's legal and the places that sell it face major penalities for selling it to teens. I don't know how many are actually addicted, that'd be an interesting stat. Are they considered addicted if they have to enter treatment? If so, then I would imagine there aren't tons that are actually addicted.

[FreePaul]

more teens are addicted to pot than to alcohol or to all other illegal drugs combined.

The're also addicted to fatty food, sugar and caffeine saturated drinks, body piercing, ridiculous clothes,.... I think the list is endless. Does he want to ban all of these and send users to jail? Probably. It's the mindset of the professional scare mongers.

[WyldKard]

Boy, this guy will do anything to keep from having to update his resume and send it to JBTJobs.com, huh?

Forget it, Johnnyboy. You're losing. If you want to rail against, cocaine, or crack, or heroin, you'll do well, but treating pot the same way is a joke, and you know it...

[gunshy]

The only thing wrong about marijuana is that it is illegal. But so are millions of mexicans.

[marron]

If its legal, how do you keep Madison Avenue out of it? Is that a concern?

[CheezyD]

That is the most BS I have ever heard in my life. My sentiments exactly.

[PaxMacian]

US Warns of Marijuana Risks: We the peoples servants will protect you from yourself, we will violently apprehended you, your possessions will be seized, imprisonment within a dangerous correctional institution perfunctory, your right to vote will be permanently rescinded.

The WOD is an unconstitutional and truly evil war against citizens of this great country which belong to a particular subculture.

GOD MADE HERB
GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD
GOD GAVE IT TO MAN

Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.

[RonF]

In reality, more teens enter rehabilitation centers to treat marijuana addiction than alcohol or all other illegal drugs combined, Walters said.

Yeah, because they got busted for smoking a joint and the judge said, "Go to rehab or go to jail". What a joke.

[Cultural Jihad]

This world-class renunciate needs to keep his eye on the time,
to know when to go beg his hash money from tourists

[Mr. Mojo]

....warning them that more teens are addicted to pot than to alcohol or to all other illegal drugs combined.

Wrong on both counts.

1) more teens drink alcohol than smoke pot, by a wide margin.
2) marijuana isn't physically addicting.

[CatoRenasci]

My first exposure to the 'perils of pot' came in 1962, in 8th grade in Northern California, when some old biddy from the State antidrug whatever it was called then, assembled then entire school for an anti-marijuana lecture and film. The film, shown in all seriousness, was none other than Reefer Madness! I assume you've seen it in a college theater as a hoot after a toot. It was great theater both to the unwary and, later, to the knowing.

Over the past 40 years I've heard and read widely about pot and other drugs, the level of misunderstanding and misinformation is unbelievable. I'm not sure what I really think, other than smoking anything can't be good for you and that excess with any psychoactive substance - from caffeine right on up through the hallucinogens - is not good for you either. The laws are stupid, but I'm not sure legalization's the answer: it hasn't much reduced alcolholism. Quality's better though.

That said, I could tell you some pretty sad stories I've known or seen over the years. People who've totally blown their minds on one drug or another, some after repeated abuse, others after just a few times. I guess it depends on the person's psychological make-up, and there may be physical psychopharmeceutical aspects as well.

My advice to my own teenagers, after letting them know it's illegal and they shouldn't do it at all, is that all drugs can be dangerous and have to be approached with caution and respect. And not when there's work to be done or you're going to drive. And in moderation -- as soon as it seems like you can do it often, you're in trouble!

[jpl]

It [marijuana] is not physically addictive

LOL! You're no physician, that's for sure.

[Rudder]

This is just like the stuff in Reefer Madness and another "Big Lie" strategy in the War on Drugs. I'd say somebody in our government is just completely out of touch when it comes to understanding the lives of us common folk.

[Thermalseeker]

Then howsabout you stop perpetuating the ignorance that pot is just as bad as heroin.

They'll never do that. There's too much money at stake for the trial lawyers......

[galt-jw]

NOW, why does anyone from the government think they are credible in any area except general incompetence and mismanagement of funds? oh yeah, and letting terrorists enter and stay in the country.