Here is the text of the letter, which contains a number of lies about marijuana.
Here are the snide comments I made about it yesterday:
Sheila Polk continues to spread her lies about marijuana.
I am sure the only reason Sheila Polk wants to keep marijuana illegal is because of all the high paying jobs it creates for cops, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, and other high paid government bureaucrats like herself.
Come on Sheila Polk, saying marijuana is addictive like heroin is absolute rubbish.
Same goes for implying that people are dying of marijuana overdoses and poisoning. More rubbish from the movie "Reefer Madness".
And marijuana that is more then 5 times as potent as the marijuana from the 70's??? Sheila, perhaps you can help me score some of that stuff? Yea, I know it's a little better, but 5 times???
Last remember NIDA or National Institute of Drug Abuse, isn't a "real medical" research group. NIDA is a government agency whose sole purpose is to promote the "War on Drugs" and demonize drugs, to justify the high paying jobs the "War on Drugs" creates for government bureaucrats like Sheila Polk.
This is a letter to the editor in the Saturday, Feb 13, 2016 issue of the Arizona Republic.
Letter: Montini's marijuana facts are all wrong
Seth Leibsohn and Sheila Polk 5:19 p.m. MST February 13, 2016
Not surprisingly, EJ Montini was noticeably vague in his recent op-ed (”Blowing marijuana smoke into opponents' faces") accusing Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy of using “questionable” information in its arguments against legalizing marijuana. Nothing could be further from the truth. Consider the following:
-- Since Colorado legalized marijuana, teen use has risen dramatically and is now 74 percent higher than the national average. (2015 SAMHSA report/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
-- Since legalization, Colorado has seen an increase in marijuana-related traffic fatalities, hospitalization and emergency visits, as well as marijuana-related calls to poison control centers. (Rocky Mountain HIDTA)
-- Today’s marijuana is a harmful, psychoactive, addictive substance that is much more potent than ever before -- at least five times more powerful than the marijuana of the 1970s. (National Institute of Drug Abuse)
-- The American College of Pediatricians reported grave risks for youth: “Marijuana is addicting, has adverse effects upon the adolescent brain, is a risk for both cardio-respiratory disease and testicular cancer, and is associated with both psychiatric illness and negative social outcomes.” (ACEP/September 2015)
-- As the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado reported, illicit or black market activity in Colorado has not subsided since legalization and, in fact, has increased. (AP, Jan. 28, 2016)
Government regulatory statistical agencies as well as peer-reviewed medical journals are hardly “questionable.”
— Seth Leibsohn, chair;and Shelia Polk, vice-chair; Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy
Sheila Polk continues to spread her lies about marijuana.
I am sure the only reason Sheila Polk wants to keep marijuana illegal is because of all the high paying jobs it creates for cops, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, and other high paid government bureaucrats like herself.
Come on Sheila Polk, saying marijuana is addictive like heroin is absolute rubbish.
Same goes for implying that people are dying of marijuana overdoses and poisoning. More rubbish from the movie "Reefer Madness".
And marijuana that is more then 5 times as potent as the marijuana from the 70's??? Sheila, perhaps you can help me score some of that stuff? Yea, I know it's a little better, but 5 times???
Last remember NIDA or National Institute of Drug Abuse, isn't a "real medical" research group. NIDA is a government agency whose sole purpose is to promote the "War on Drugs" and demonize drugs, to justify the high paying jobs the "War on Drugs" creates for government bureaucrats like Sheila Polk.
This is a letter to the editor in the Saturday, Feb 13, 2016 issue of the Arizona Republic.
