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Written by Mason Tvert
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 |
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A great column from registered nurse Lanny Swerdlow appeared in today's edition of the Palm Springs newspaper, The Desert Sun. In it, Swerdlow highlights the relative safety of marijuana compared to alcohol and suggests California would be a safer and healthier state if Proposition 19 -- the measure to control and tax cannabis -- is adopted by voters in November. A couple great excerpts are below, or you can read the entire column by clicking HERE.
Proposition 19 opponents point to the societal and health costs of
alcohol as proof there will be increased costs if marijuana is
legalized. Truth be told, health care costs will go down when
responsible adults are allowed to make the rational, safer choice to use
marijuana instead of alcohol... Revenue raised, police resources wisely used are excellent reasons to
support Proposition 19, but it is the ability of marijuana to replace
alcohol as a relaxant and mood enhancer without the liver destroying,
judgment impairing and violence inducing properties of alcohol that
makes the passage of Proposition 19 vital to the health of the
individual and the community. |
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Written by SAFER
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Friday, 27 August 2010 |
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 Marijuana is Safer coauthor and NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano stuck it to U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske in a column in today's Los Angeles Times.
In a nutshell, Kerlikowske et al argue that, if legalized, marijuana's
perceived social costs would outweigh the economic benefits reaped by
regulation. They base this allegation largely on the premise that
present taxes on alcohol and cigarettes
fail to adequately pay for the societal costs associated with those
drugs' use and abuse. True enough, but here's why this sound bite is
irrelevant to the present marijuana debate. Marijuana is safer than alcohol.
Read the full column to see his concise explanation. We also encourage you to check out a couple other great pieces he just had published -- this one at the Christian Science Monitor, and this one at AlterNet. |
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Written by SAFER
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Monday, 23 August 2010 |
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Written by SAFER
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 |
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According to a first-of-its-kind study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, marijuana is rarely associated with ER visits despite it being the most commonly used illegal drug. NORML Deputy Director and Marijuana is Safer coauthor Paul Armentano has a new piece up on the AlterNet Speakeasy discussing the details. Here's an excerpt, or you can click HERE to read the entire article: Investigators concluded, “[M]arijuana was by far the most
commonly used (illicit) drug, but individuals who used marijuana had a
low prevalence of drug-related ED visits”... A prior case-control study conducted by the University of Missouri also reported an inverse relationship
between marijuana use and injury risk, finding, “Self-reported
marijuana use in the previous seven days was associated … with a
substantially decreased risk of injury.” Most recently, a RAND study published this month reported that fewer than 200 total patients
were admitted to California hospitals in 2008 for “marijuana abuse or
dependence.” By contrast, there are an estimated 73,000 annual
hospitalizations in California related to the use of alcohol.
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