Opinion
Stop taking innacurate and cheap pot-shots at Marijuana
By Richard Cowan | August 4, 1995To the Editor: Although the myths surrounding marijuana generally make for flashier headlines than do the facts, the article "Today's marijuana puts users in greater danger" in the July 27 issue of The Dartmouth stooped to a new low in faulty journalism. Had the reporter or Dr. Jack Turco attended the National Institute on Drug Abuse's first-ever conference on marijuana last month, both may have been able to separate fact from fiction. Fact 1: Marijuana today is no stronger thanin the past.