I found the comments made by California governor Jerry Brown on Meet The Press this morning very disappointing. He is either terribly ignorant of the potential problems that can develop from cannabis abuse or he is purposely attempting to minimize the issues so that the voters support legalization of recreational use.
I know well both sides of the arguments regarding legalization of cannabis; economic, civi liberties, 'safer than tobacco and alcohol', and so forth. I'll vote when it's on the ballot. I am most concerned about our general ignorance regarding substance use and the devastating effects this ignorance propagates. We have lost a generation of young men and women to prisons, mental illness, unemployment. These people have become marginalized and tossed aside as immoral, lazy hedonists. Potheads. Stoners.
Wrong. Harken back to the days of using leaches to treat depression and wet frozen sheets to calm those with schizophrenia.
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