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...Sanjay Gupta's article "Why I Would Vote No on Pot" [Nov. 6], which argued against legalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, completely missed the mark. The ballot initiatives weren't about whether marijuana is good or bad for you; they were about whether personal possession should be a criminal offense. Lots of things are harmful to your health--tobacco smoking, fried chicken, trans fats--but is the best way to combat those health dangers to incarcerate users? Absolutely...
Gupta reported that marijuana's side effects include short-term memory loss, impairment of cognitive ability, depression and impaired driving skills. All of these are, however, common side effects of many pharmaceuticals, which most physicians nevertheless seem to hand out like candy. Perhaps when pot farmers start taking doctors out for fancy lunches and golfing trips, legalized medical cannabis will be less controversial...
...college student, I am surrounded by recreational pot smokers, but I have chosen to abstain because I have seen the detrimental effects. I'm glad Gupta reported the harm marijuana can do to one's health...
While reporters like to stir the pot and focus on the catfights, they don't seem to grasp that these are two seasoned professionals working at the highest level of American government with skin so much thicker than the rest of us. As Bush noted in his press conference on the day after the election, "This isn't my first rodeo." Or as my mother has always told me, "This business comes with a free head clipping. Every time you stick your neck out, they come around...
...people questions where usually they’d look at you and say, ‘Shut the fuck up, why you bein’ so nosy?’” he said.“The U.S., it’s such a melting pot. But apparently some people refuse to accept it as a melting pot, and you have some people failing to understand that’s the whole fucking basis for the United States of America,” he said, eyes deep with conviction.“That’s what everybody...