Dear Editor,
There is something very unbalanced about how we go about trying to discourage people from smoking. We have mandated cigarette companies to put very graphic ads on cigarette packs warning people about the dangers of smoking, but how is it that the same isn't being done for those strips of paper -- Rizlas -- used for smoking marijuana?
The last time I checked, smoking anything was bad for one's health. I had an uncle who almost died from smoking ganja over time as his lungs were seriously damaged. It really does seem a bit unfair that, while tobacco companies are being urged to scare away their customers with these ads, companies that promote ganja smoking aren't.
We should mandate the manufacturers of those Rizla packets and strips to put very graphic ads on their products. Seeing that many people don't always buy a whole pack of Rizlas, but only a few sheets, we should also mandate that very graphic anti-smoking ads be printed on every sheet.
In addition to the many respiratory problems that smoking anything, including ganja, does cause, we have the many mental problems directly related to ganja. I heard some of our doctors warning some time ago that the mental wards at our hospitals need to be enlarged to deal with the increased load that would be expected when ganja possession was decriminalised. Well, we are at that time. Seeing that mental problems can arise from smoking ganja, we should consider putting the type of graphic ads that speaks to this possibility.
There is this constant talk about the need to decriminalise ganja to facilitate some supposed great ganja-based industry in this country. However, I have grown very wary of these "great" plans for us. Indeed, I have a feeling that at the end of the day, all we will see are a few containers of ganja cream being produced.
I am still convinced that this effort to decriminalise "the herb" is a well-disguised attempt to get us all high on ganja and this talk of "ganja industries" is only a smokescreen. However, those pushing for the decriminalisation of ganja can still prove me wrong. They need to prove to us that theirs is really a campaign to get these industries going. They can do this by supporting the call for all Rizla packets and sheets to have these mandatory graphic anti-smoking messages on them.
Michael A Dingwall
michael_a_dingwall@hotmail.com
Put graphic warnings on Rizlas too
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There is something very unbalanced about how we go about trying to discourage people from smoking. We have mandated cigarette companies to put very graphic ads on cigarette packs warning people about the dangers of smoking, but how is it that the same isn't being done for those strips of paper -- Rizlas -- used for smoking marijuana?
The last time I checked, smoking anything was bad for one's health. I had an uncle who almost died from smoking ganja over time as his lungs were seriously damaged. It really does seem a bit unfair that, while tobacco companies are being urged to scare away their customers with these ads, companies that promote ganja smoking aren't.
We should mandate the manufacturers of those Rizla packets and strips to put very graphic ads on their products. Seeing that many people don't always buy a whole pack of Rizlas, but only a few sheets, we should also mandate that very graphic anti-smoking ads be printed on every sheet.
In addition to the many respiratory problems that smoking anything, including ganja, does cause, we have the many mental problems directly related to ganja. I heard some of our doctors warning some time ago that the mental wards at our hospitals need to be enlarged to deal with the increased load that would be expected when ganja possession was decriminalised. Well, we are at that time. Seeing that mental problems can arise from smoking ganja, we should consider putting the type of graphic ads that speaks to this possibility.
There is this constant talk about the need to decriminalise ganja to facilitate some supposed great ganja-based industry in this country. However, I have grown very wary of these "great" plans for us. Indeed, I have a feeling that at the end of the day, all we will see are a few containers of ganja cream being produced.
I am still convinced that this effort to decriminalise "the herb" is a well-disguised attempt to get us all high on ganja and this talk of "ganja industries" is only a smokescreen. However, those pushing for the decriminalisation of ganja can still prove me wrong. They need to prove to us that theirs is really a campaign to get these industries going. They can do this by supporting the call for all Rizla packets and sheets to have these mandatory graphic anti-smoking messages on them.
Michael A Dingwall
michael_a_dingwall@hotmail.com
Put graphic warnings on Rizlas too
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