It's time to Call John Walters to the table to debate the mis-information he is generating with OUR tax dollars.
None of us want kids running around puffing doobs, unless alcohol is the other choice, but spending taxpayer dollars to lie to us seems to be what the government is best at these days.
You are the coolest dude, thank you for what you do
Check out the story that appeared in all the major news sites I checked today-Lies from the drug czar. It's starts like this:
Depressed teens more likely to try pot
Report: Depression-marijuana combo can also increase chance of addiction
WASHINGTON - Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report being released Friday.
A teen who has been depressed at some point in the past year is more than twice as likely to have used marijuana as teens who have not reported being depressed ? 25 percent compared with 12 percent, said the report by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
?Marijuana is a more consequential substance of abuse than our culture has treated it in the last 20 years,? said John Walters, director of the office. ?This is not just youthful experimentation that they?ll get over as we used to think in the past.?
Smoking marijuana can lead to more serious problems, Walters said in an interview.
For example, using marijuana increases the risk of developing mental disorders by 40 percent, the report said. And teens who smoke pot at least once a month over a yearlong period are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than nonusers, it said.
The report also cited research that showed that teens who smoke marijuana when feeling depressed were more than twice as likely as their peers to abuse or become addicted to pot ? 8 percent compared with 3 percent.
Experts who have worked with children say there?s nothing harmless about marijuana.
?I?ve seen many, many kids? lives negatively impacted and taken off track because of marijuana,? said Elizabeth Stanley-Salazar, director of adolescent services for Phoenix House treatment centers in California. ?It?s somewhat Russian roulette. There are so many factors, emotional, psychological, biological. You can?t predict the experimentation and how it will impact a kid.? Cont..
_______________________________________________
p.s. When you asked HBO if you could have a whole show on Hemp, did they laugh?
Thanks!
'
Glen Behrend
