Pubdate: Wed, 30 Nov 2016
Source: Penticton Herald (CN BC)
Copyright: 2016 The Okanagan Valley Group of Newspapers
Contact:  http://www.pentictonherald.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/664
Author: Adam Moore
Page: A9

KIDS DENIED THE TRUTH

Sadly kids are not told the truth very often like 100 people die each
day directly from tobacco use.

It must make them wonder why tobacco is legal while no one has ever
died directly from cannabis use which is illegal. Another sad fact is
underage drinking was much higher during the prohibition of alcohol
and only went down after booze was legal again.

If you understand history you are less likely to repeat its
mistakes.

Doug Sharpe (Herald, Nov. 21) believes the Liberals are to blame for
everything wrong in our nation yet these are the same problems that
the Conservatives failed to fix.

But Doug is right the kids are watching and can see the lies of reefer
madness just like any sane adult, it just makes it harder to convince
kids to wait until they are of legal age and not to use harder drugs
like opioids.

Adam Moore

Peachland
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