The quickest way to self-destruction is excessive alcohol consumption. Alcohol is a starter drug with dire consequences from addiction and reckless behaviour.
that just instituted a law where you don t have to you don t have to have a license, right? the case like this is in a way a starter drug. the minute you overturn the permit process, you say a locale has no ability to regulate. it is like saying everybody drive, you don t need a driver s license or insurance or anything like that. that s what s happening here. we have seen in missouri and tennessee and texas all the places that have done what the court is considering nationalizing, that it opens the door for a bunch of stuff. i think florida as you were saying, texas, great examples, because the minute you start letting people project fear, research sociological research is quite clear about this, they start to project racial stereotypes. things like, oh, you know, that gang banger might attack me, i ll carry a weapon and all these kind of things. in the boston review piece i wrote, i have that literature. this really has very serious implications for public safety, for public tr
ever. let me go on to another in light of your career as a neurosurgeon, i m curious what you think of colorado s new law legalizing marijuana. where do you fall on this side of the discussion? well, i think medical use of marijuana and compassionate cases, certainly, has been proven to be useful, but recognize that marijuana is what s known as a gateway drug. it tends to be a starter drug for people who move on to heavier duty drugs, sometimes legal, sometimes illegal. and i don t think this is something that we really want for our society. you know, we re gradually just removing all the barriers to heathenistic activity, and, you know, we re changing so rapidly to a different type of society, and nobody is getting a chance to discuss it, because, you
ever. let me go on to another topic. in light of your career as a neurosurgeon, i m curious what you think of colorado s new law legalizing marijuana. where do you fall on this side of the discussion? well, i think medical use of marijuana and compassionate cases, certainly, has been proven to be useful, but recognize that marijuana is what s known as a gateway drug. it tends to be a starter drug for people who move on to heavier duty drugs, sometimes legal, sometimes illegal. and i don t think this is something that we really want for our society. you know, we re gradually just removing all the barriers to heathenistic activity, and, you know, we re changing so rapidly to atype of society, and nobody is getting a chance to discuss it, because, you