Pubdate: Wed, 16 Apr 2014
Source: Windsor Star (CN ON)
Copyright: 2014 Melanie Smith
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/501
Author: Melanie Smith
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n322/a01.html

MARIJUANA IS BENIGN

Re: Marijuana problematic, by Rebecca Campoli, April 8.

Leamington doesn't have any responsibility with regard to how or by
whom medical marijuana is used. The licensed producer and medical
doctors have that responsibility.

The producer has to meet or exceed certain standards in safety and as
you pointed out, all employees go through background checks before
being hired and security when entering or leaving the building most
likely.

Don't be naive. At least with marijuana, there are very few negative
medical side-effects.

Withdrawal symptoms include difficulty sleeping, decreased or lack of
appetite, maybe a little irritable, but nothing like a person goes
through when stopping drugs like Percocet or OxyContin, both of which
are addictive even taken at the dosage prescribed by your doctor.

Alcohol and cigarettes are also addictive and do more damage than
marijuana. Both have nasty withdrawal symptoms and, in some cases, can
cause death.

If you think marijuana is dangerous, have you ever read the side
effects of those other "safe" alternatives?

Regular medications can be just as dangerous used in ways that they
were not meant to be and people who sell their drugs, Percs or Oxys to
name a couple, can make a pretty profit, too.

I wish more people knew the benefits of marijuana products. There
would probably be a lot less problems for society as a whole.

Melanie Smith, Windsor 
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