The report, timed to be released during Mental Health Awareness Month, cited a study that marijuana use increases the risk of developing mental disorders later in life by 40%.The LA Times stays objective in this one, the White House, as always is feeding us more BS and FUD, the American College of Physicians seems to disagree with he White House quite a bit.
"In short, marijuana makes a bad situation worse," said John P. Walters, director of the drug control policy office.
Critics said the administration was trying to scare teenagers by exaggerating the dangers.
"When you start convincing young people and their parents that marijuana is the cause of problems rather than the symptom of them, you can get into real problems," said Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project, which advocates decriminalization of the drug. "It may cause people, parents, teens and counselors to overlook the real cause of the problem."
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White House Links Marijuana Use And Depression
Submitted by Phusion on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 04:20The LA Times reports that the White House drug czar issued a warning to parents on Friday about the link between Marijuana use and depression, especially amongst teens. Here's a clip from the story:
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TechnoratiNext President Might Be Gentler On Pot Clubs
Submitted by Phusion on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 04:12I just came back from the still very pot friendly San Francisco, so it seemed fitting to post this article from the San Francisco Chronicle about the various views on medical Marijuana from our current presidential candidates.
As the candidates prepare for a May 20 primary in Oregon, one of 12 states with a California-style law, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois has become an increasingly firm advocate of ending federal intervention and letting states make their own rules when it comes to medical marijuana.
His Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, is less explicit, recently softening a pledge she made early in the campaign to halt federal raids in states with medical marijuana laws. But she has expressed none of the hostility that marked the response of her husband's administration to California's initiative, Proposition 215.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee-in-waiting, has gone back and forth on the issue - promising a medical marijuana patient at one campaign stop that seriously ill patients would never face arrest under a McCain administration, but ultimately endorsing the Bush administration's policy of federal raids and prosecutions.
From what I can tell, Obama has a good stance on medical Marijuana, just look at these stickers on CelebStoner.com.