tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19061867027144444.post4733780659790676591..comments2023-05-30T03:05:37.032-05:00Comments on Pop "Blog" Culture: My "CON"gressman does not appreciate the ConstitutionDenJamInchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18030088894951627412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19061867027144444.post-36734226806494814662008-09-29T11:19:00.000-05:002008-09-29T11:19:00.000-05:00I am responding to the previous comment. Medical m...I am responding to the previous comment. Medical marijuana studies can be found in libraries in published medical reference books dating back as far as 1870's. Any online library should have references to these studies. This link will also lead you to a few studies http://www.medmjscience.org/Pages/science.html. I do believe that educating our kids not to use drugs with the money used fighting a losing war and imprisoning non-violent offenders is much more effective then the scare ads they put on television. Just in case you didn't know it is much easier for a child to get marijuana then it is for a child to get alcohol. So if the government controlled its trade then we could place age restrictions on it receive the tax revenue. Children in Holland have a much lower drug statistics then American children. In the United States 34% of all high school seniors have tried marijuana. In Holland where it is legal that number is 11%. Of course some money should continue to be used to battle harmful illegal substances like cocaine and heroin but in the US almost 80% of all drug arrest are because of marijuana. Also there no studies out there that show marijuana cause physical dependency. So your theory about kids picking up addiction from parents is wrong. Also the Washington Post recently released the results of a study saying that cancer and marijuana are not linked. The truth is that you have been brainwashed since the days of the Nixon administration. Marijuana is proven to medically more helpful then harmful. Please do some research and start looking at the facts so we can all save tons of cash. When it comes down to brass tacks it is more about the Freedom to choose. Some people choose to poison themselves with alcohol, some with cigarettes and some with other drugs but they have the choice and isn't that what freedom is all about.DenJamInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030088894951627412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19061867027144444.post-12668671988233789902008-09-29T01:11:00.000-05:002008-09-29T01:11:00.000-05:00A well put argument but you don't really get it do...A well put argument but you don't really get it do you? The prohibition of alcohol failed because it was directly fighting the culture it was representing therefore it wasn't enforceable. You mention scientific studies yet you do not refer to any directly. You also said that the money spent fighting the use of drugs could be spent on education. The first point against that theory is that the children wouldn't be getting good education if they were high on drugs. Secondly, probably a little more sensible this time is that you said that marajuana would be the only illicit substance you would allow so with all that funding you moved to 'education' what funding would there be for the fight against those others, for example LSD. It sounds good in theory, moving al funding away from fighting drugs and into children's education but in practice it would never work, addiction would skyrocket, something that doesn't occur with alcohol and once the main body of people pick up the addiction the children would pick it up from their parents. Much like tobacco did when it first became readily available and we have all seen the results of that, lung cancer, heart cancer, arterial cancer etc. The funding would not be going into education but more probably into an already struggling health system.<BR/><BR/>PS. Please to not take this as an attack on you the writer but merely as my personal unqualified opinion on the matterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19061867027144444.post-80992841149518208142008-07-01T15:17:00.000-05:002008-07-01T15:17:00.000-05:00Very well said.Very well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com