Pubdate: Sun, 13 Jan 2002
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
Copyright: 2002 Hearst Communications Inc.
Contact:  http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388
Author: Gerald M. Sutliff

POT, WELL-BEING AND LEGALITY

Editor -- Kudos to you and Susan Greenfield on publishing her recap of 
previously published, and tiresome, studies suggesting that maybe pot 
affects the mind, perhaps in ways some may not find beneficial.

Now, if the Oxford professor would explain whether she is advocating 
keeping marijuana illegal. Perhaps she is arguing by extension that we 
should prohibit other, oftentimes harmful, legal drugs such as alcohol, 
nicotine, caffeine, refined sugar, cooking grease and aspirin.

While she's at it perhaps she could explain why young people benefit more 
from experiencing prison rather than from experiencing marijuana.

GERALD M. SUTLIFF

Oakland
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