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Blowing smoke
February 10, 2009 | 01:53 PM You know what's fun? Hearing the same tired, bankrupt argument repeated over and over again. So take it away Maui Police Chief Tom Phillips, quoted in a Maui News story about Hawaii's ongoing medical marijuana debate: "We have had murders, assaults, every other crime that goes along with marijuana." No, no, no. And no. Those crimes do not "go along with marijuana." Hostess cupcakes go along with marijuana. Laughing at infomercials goes along with marijuana. Forgetting where you parked your car goes along with marijuana. Murder and assault go along with illegal marijuana. See, when you make something that's otherwise mostly benign a crime, you invite criminal activity. Has law enforcement (and I know, just doing their job, blah, blah, blah) really not learned that lesson yet? Or are they choosing to willfully ignore reality? Either way, it's enough to drive a sane person to seek some form of mind-altering escape. If you want to read the medical pot piece by Greg Mebel we ran back in December, check it out here: www.mauitime.com/Articles-i-2008-12-18-189173.112113_Is_Marijuana_Medicine.html |