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Ads in a Russian town promote marijuana
Published: 27 February, 2010, 20:40
Edited: 01 March, 2010, 16:11
Walls of the lifts in some apartment blocks in the Russian town of Voronezh have been covered with leaflets suggesting that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco.
The leaflets cited the Dutch Health Ministry, United Nations, European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS and other organizations, reports Komsomolskaya Pravda daily.
“Against the information of harm that causes tobacco and alcohol, marijuana looks like innocent amusement – no physical addiction, minimal psychological addiction, liver and stomach are not affected at all,” says local resident Galina, whose son recently asked her about marijuana after having read the ad, the paper reports.
The newspaper got in contact with the agency responsible for the ads.
“It was our own initiative to put these leaflets as a social advertisement,” Andrey Klepikov, director general of the agency told the daily.
But after carefully reading the leaflet he admitted they missed the fact that the information was provided by the Health Ministry of the Netherlands, a country where light drug-use is legal.
27.02.2010, 14:39
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Marijuana IS less harmful than tobacco AND ethanol. Ethanol is physically addicting and withdrawal can kill you. People can become violent when drunk and behave poorly, making poor decisions. When was the last time someone high on marijauna committed a violent crime? When was the last time someone overdosed or had serious withdrawal issues because of marijuana. It's because alcohol is socially acceptable, and the media keeps trying to portray marijuana as bad. They even lie to you about it. The bottom line is, marijuana is not as toxic as tobacco or alcohol, but the government MUST maintain control over you and tell you have to live your life, so it will never be legalized. Your government knows better than you do.
The Russian government, with which RT (Russia Today, an English-speaking media outlet is connected) has tried to come on as one of the more prohibitionist-controlled governments in the world, breaking up demonstrations, arresting activists, etc. etc. The guerilla postering of apartment complexes in this large Russian town is symptomatic of such. So it is no surprise that the plethora of other health experts around the world who have recommended that cannabis be used medically are ignored by the authors of this article also. In spite of these difficulties, cannabis has a lengthy history in Russia, legalized or otherwise. Russia should wake up to the realities and not dream prohibitionist fantasies that impede the public health.
Hahahahahaha... how pathetic are humans when to get us to buy a product we are told the product will not kill you or harm you as much as two other products that are freely available.
Ban smoking and alcohol consumption too.