Pubdate: Fri, 01 May 2015 Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2015 Canoe Limited Partnership Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor Website: http://www.ottawasun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329 Author: Frank A. Healy Jr. Page: 16 Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor. WEED NOT LIKE ALCOHOL I'm a 50-year-old regular user of marijuana and the last thing I want to do is come across as a whiner. However, I have to say that the title you chose for your piece on the weed lounge (HelloOccifer) was inaccurate. The largest problem we users of "dope" face is the lack of knowledge by those who are non-users and those against legalization. Your joke would only apply to alcohol users, since marijuana doesn't make you slur your words. (At least not when it's used on it's own.) The Cheech & Chong shtick continues to feed into the idea that abuse of marijuana is somehow okay with adult marijuana users and, frankly, it's not! Frank A. Healy Jr. (We hope not all pot smokers are like Cheech & Chong) - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom