Scare Tactics
Thursday, May 14th, 2009The average potency of marijuana, which has risen steadily for three decades, has exceeded 10 percent for the first time, the U.S. government will report on Thursday. -CNN
It’s amazingly coincidental that this ‘new’ government study citing the dangers of superweed is released a week or two after the first signs of serious calls for legalization and regulation of marijuana in the US. And as always, they’re just worried about ‘the children’. Of course, no one is advocating legalization for children, but if you want to scare a voter away from an issue, go after their kids.
I suppose it’s better than the old reasoning, though:
The dominant race and most enlightened countries are alcoholic, whilst the races and nations addicted to hemp and opium, some of which once attained to heights of culture and civilization, have deteriorated both mentally and physically. -Dr. A.E.Fossier 1931
Drink up kids, it’s the key to enlightenment.
