Proposed law to legalize Marijuana By Marvin Seibert April 22, 2014
Shouldn't we learn from the mistake Colorado has made in its legalization of this deadly poison? Small children finding a parent s stash then winding up in the emergency room for ingesting it! People making the now easily available pot into a liquid hash and blowing up apartments with their propane torch and injuring innocence bystanders. Also overlooking the fact that law enforcement has yet figure out how to do an on the spot legal determination of whether someone is legally stoned from pot and should not be driving. Is this what we are voting for, making it easier to kill people? Are there any standards in this bill to judge when people are driving when stoned no! So let's look at some of the fact about Marijuana that have been recently published Scans revealed that the nucleus accumbens was larger in marijuana users, compared with nonusers, and its alteration was directly related to how much the person smoked. The nucleus accumbens is a hub in the brain that is involved with decision making and motivation. Structural changes were also seen in the amygdala, which is involved with emotional behavior. Most drug users use more than one drug, so what is the next drug to be legalized to accommodate their addiction? So I ask you is this the legacy we want to leave to our children? Making it easy for them to get Stoned? Just 4 months after the drug became legal in Colorado some towns now have vending machines to easily dispense the drug to anyone who wants it. I don't buy the argument that there are safe guards to prevent illegal purchases, who does not know someone who broke into a vending machine when they were young to get away with free soda. The consequences of this theft can be a lot more devastating. Alaska has the best freedom of guns in the nation with 90% + having firearms, can you imagine how dangerous this will be will if all the stoners have access to firearms. Eventually your firearm freedom will suffer because the politicians will make the case you cannot be trusted will drugs and guns. Don t think it can happen in Alaska, just ask a Coloradoans about all the gun restrictions passed in the last year. So please think seriously about this issue, it not just about freedom, it is about public safety. Look at your neighbor next door, what would it be like to live next to him if he is stoned a majority of the time? Marvin Seibert About: "Soon to be a resident of Beautiful Ketchikan!" Received April 16, 2014 - Published April 22, 2014
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