former drug czar schooled on weed

now, let me say this straight out, i'm not for legalizing weed. i'm not all that against it though. if you want to use it, i don't care, as long as you're not driving, screwing up your kids, or doing something we already are against with legal drugs, like alcohol.

i also think a dialog on the issue is worth having. here's a segment from cnn & anderson cooper featuring the former drug czar john walters and harvard senior economist jeffrey miron.



eight minutes just isn't envough. i could watch these two go at it for at least another 52 minutes.

dude put down that joint

more science about how the doobies are bad for you. not the brothers, but the marijuana cigarettes.

here's some data skimmed:
research found 20 times as much ammonia, a chemical linked to cancer
five times as much hydrogen cyanide and nitrogen oxides, which are linked to heart and lung damage respectively
in the case of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the toxin linked to infertility, the researchers found concentrations were actually higher in cigarette smoke (this one's about second hand smoke).

yowza. the article did point out that tobacco smokers tended to smoke more, which could equalize the effects.