LEGALIZING MEDICAL MARIJUANA A SLIPPERY SLOPE
Why am I opposed to legalizing marijuana? When my 18-year-old son was introduced to marijuana, the changes in his personality ruined his life. He became a lazy, moody, insensitive, belligerent stranger, eventually borrowing a car and was killed in a car accident.
Sheriff Grady Judd has spoken strongly against this issue, describing it as “a wolf in sheep’s clothing and gateway to stronger drugs.” He certainly should know.
Businessmen are readying themselves to provide for huge medical-marijuana business even before ballots are counted.
Seminole County Sheriff Donald F. Eslinger has said: “Legalizing marijuana would reopen those floodgates with a new drug of choice, and we’re going to be right back to the problems we just dealt with pill mills. Securing a medical-marijuana card will be too easy under the amendment, and even headaches and menstrual cramps might justify an identification card.”
Dr. Orrin Devinsky says, “Data on the effectiveness of this drug is scant, and we should table the marijuana issue until more evidence is available.”
The Barack Obama administration has given banks a road map for conducting transactions with legal marijuana sellers, making them feel more comfortable working with marijuana businessmen that are licensed and regulated, even though the product is illegal federally.
Car crashes, murders, overdoses are on the increase, and we are seeing just the tip of the iceberg. When we open the door to medical use of marijuana, it’s just a matter of time, as it has been in Washington and Colorado, before we see the legalization of recreational use of marijuana.
I understand there are many varieties of marijuana affecting people differently. I don’t want any parents to have to experience what my family has. Hopefully voters are smart enough to vote this bad legislation down in November.