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10.26.2009 5:27 pm

Is pot more dangerous than alcohol?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A friend used cannabis for many years for his colitis symptoms: pot cookies and brownies slowed his digestive processes.

My son exibited stupidity and laziness from frequent pot smoking. His change in attitude was dramatically apparent when he stopped smoking.

These examples…

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10.05.2009 5:25 pm

There’s a good reason not to legalize marijuana

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A recent letter said it was time to decriminalize marijuana. Why not? Consider the unborn babies of addicted mothers.  Marijuana is 5 to 6 times harder on the lungs than cigarette smoking.  The latter can cause low birth weight, which in turn…

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03.26.2009 6:30 pm

I’m sick, not a criminal

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I sincerely hope that our lawmakers finally enact into law the medical marijuana bill that recently passed committee (“Medical marijuana proposal takes a small step forward,” March 25).
I have neurofibromatosis, which causes tumors to grow along my nerves. I’ve also…

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02.24.2009 3:21 pm

Some things are none of our business

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I feel and understand the pain of the young man whose letter-to-the-editor was posted in today’s (Saturday Feb. 21st) paper. I had a long-term problem with drinking after my divorce in 1983 but eventually got it together emotionally and re-learned…

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02.13.2009 3:42 pm

Legalizing marijuana is not as simple as it sounds

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The recent piece Bill McClellan wrote on America’s “drug war” and its effects on crime in Mexico (”Phelps story shows we should say no to drug war”, Feb. 9) had me thinking of the legalization of marijuana. Sure, if we…

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