PLEASE, GET A CLUE!

The year that medical marijuana dispensaries were approved by the
voters of Colorado, drug-related school suspensions and expulsions
rose by 40 percent. Despite numerous school and community sponsored
drug education programs, drug use by adolescents of all ages has
sharply increased with this law.

I am personally aware of the horrendous side effects of chemotherapy
and other medical procedures. However, the THC medicinal benefits of
marijuana are readily available in alternative medications, and are
found and regulated at the local drugstore.

Teachers, school officials, and law enforcement agencies are now
struggling to deal with the increasingly negative fallout. We are
crippling our youth, compromising our schools, numbing our society
and handcuffing our cops with this reckless legislation.

Now, of course, the push for legalizing marijuana is on. For those of
you that voted for legalizing medicinal marijuana dispensaries and/or
are considering voting for legalizing marijuana... please, get a clue!

Ron Johnston

Colorado Springs