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Drug Policy Should Be Based On Science, Not Politics. The US Drug Czar, John Walters, is still trying to scare people with the myth of hyper-potent marijuana. Yet, research -- including a new study from the European Union's drug monitoring agency, proves 'it ain't so'.
This advertisement appeared in the National Review, the New Republic, the American Prospect, The Nation, Reason Magazine and The Progressive in the summer of 2004.
This PSA is also available as a camera-ready PDF.
This advertisement appeared in the National Review, the New Republic, the American Prospect, The Nation, Reason Magazine and The Progressive in the summer of 2004.
This PSA is also available as a camera-ready PDF.
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The European Union says it ain't so.
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"Statements in the popular media that the potency of cannabis
has increased by ten times or more in recent decades are not supported
by the limited data that are available from either the USA or Europe.
The greatest long-term changes in potency appear to have occurred in
the USA. It should be noted here that before 1980 herbal cannabis
potency in the USA was very low by European standards....
"The natural variation in the THC content between and within samples of herbal cannabis or cannabis resin at any one time and place far exceeds any long-term changes that may have occurred either in Europe or the USA."
— Overview of Cannabis Potency, 2004, Union Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (Full report at
www.csdp.org/research/insights6web.pdf)
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Drug policy should be based
on science, not politics.
Common Sense for Drug Policy, H. Michael Gray, Chair; Robert E. Field, Co-Chair
www.CommonSenseDrugPolicy.org, www.MedicalMJ.org, AddictInTheFamily.org |
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