Vote ‘no’ on marijuana referendum
To the editor:
Quite obviously the medical marijuana drive has little to do with medical use and more to do with recreational use. The medical use is the ability of using THC in marijuana to help relieve pain and stimulate appetites. This pill has been available in the synthetic form for over 15 years. This is not about helping the sick, this is a smoke screen to legalize the drug. If you have 20 percent of Floridians hooked on marijuana at the present time, maybe 3 million, and you legalize it and you double that amount you have 6 million marijuana users in the state. Who is going to support all these people who have difficulty functioning in society?
So let’s make the November vote easy. If you have a member of your family or a friend who is a user of marijuana and/or alcoholic and their whole life is wasted than vote ‘no’! You have seen what this drug does to people -constant use causes brain damage.
How could you vote ‘yes’? Most of us have seen the results of individuals who live off relatives or the government due to the continued use of marijuana and alcohol. They can’t work because they don’t have the focus to hold a job, they steal to buy drugs and you can’t trust them, period.
So the bottom line is if you have never seen anyone’s life destroyed by marijuana and alcohol vote ‘yes’ with a clear conscience. Be honest with yourself, this is your state and your country. If you want to argue about alcohol versus marijuana, go ahead and waste everyone’s time. While you are trying to confuse the issue, some more kids will get hooked on drugs and alcohol and their lives will be gone.
Does it really matter which drug it is?
Bart Cassidy
Madison, Florida