Or do those with power get to do whatever they want?
This is nothing new. See all the recent posturing from the drug czar over medical marijuana? It's not medicine, he says, (forgetting that the federal government supplies a handful of people substandard medicinal cannabis) and it's dangerous (for specific values of "dangerous") -- forgetting of course that just about ever other country (including Canada) has drawn the exact opposite conclusion.
Yet, if it is restricted to US research, he could argue (at least in the Clintonian sense) that it is a truthful statement. See, every study on cannabis has to pass through NIDA, and only studies that have a presupposed negative hypothesis are approved by NIDA. Those approved studies are then given legal access to the herb to study it.
Well, the leftist route would be to ban advertising directed at children. Personally, I think that's a dangerous one to take.
The solution? Well, kids already know D.A.R.E. is bullshit...just educate them to think critically ALWAYS.
Worked for me -- had a wonderful Grade 9 history teacher who told me about Dresden, selective editing on 60 Minutes and other things that teevee snooze forgets to mention. THANK YOU MR. HERON!
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Do a bit of homework, get in your car, and drive on up!
Just make sure you have a place to live, though...
This is nothing new. See all the recent posturing from the drug czar over medical marijuana? It's not medicine, he says, (forgetting that the federal government supplies a handful of people substandard medicinal cannabis) and it's dangerous (for specific values of "dangerous") -- forgetting of course that just about ever other country (including Canada) has drawn the exact opposite conclusion.
Yet, if it is restricted to US research, he could argue (at least in the Clintonian sense) that it is a truthful statement. See, every study on cannabis has to pass through NIDA, and only studies that have a presupposed negative hypothesis are approved by NIDA. Those approved studies are then given legal access to the herb to study it.
Well, the leftist route would be to ban advertising directed at children. Personally, I think that's a dangerous one to take. The solution? Well, kids already know D.A.R.E. is bullshit...just educate them to think critically ALWAYS. Worked for me -- had a wonderful Grade 9 history teacher who told me about Dresden, selective editing on 60 Minutes and other things that teevee snooze forgets to mention. THANK YOU MR. HERON!