[general_re]

It's not a matter of how I "wish" to view it - it is a silly anecdote. You wish to draw broad policy prescriptions from a silly anecdote, and that's just...well, silly.

Now, if you'd like to marshal a few facts about the totality of the situation, or maybe even a statistic or two, and thereby try to construct a coherent, logical case for your position, I'll be more than happy to consider it seriously. But as long as you want to argue based on emotional appeals and silly anecdotes, you can continue to expect non-serious responses to your non-serious arguments. ;)

[MEGoody]

So you think it's silly that someone's level of 'trauma' or 'depression' or whatever you chose to call it was enhanced by the pot and hung themselves? That says something of your level of compassion for your fellow humans beings.

As you are fully aware, one can find statistics and studies on both sides of the issue, depending on who is preparing the statistics/studies and what outcome they want to achieve.

And as I well know, no amount of statistical information or studies would sway your opinion. You want to smoke pot, so you will.