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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandparents suffered years of smoking related conditions before they died (vision problems, lung problems, circulation problems, cancer, nerve damage in one case that made their foot feel like it was on fire).  When they started as teens in the 1930’s, people didn’t understand how bad it was.

What really gets me is that we’re now treating smoking marijuana with the same cavalier attitudes that my grandparents’ generation once treated cigarettes.  We know that not only does marijuana cause many of the same health problems as cigarettes, but that its secondhand smoke, like cigarette smoke, can be dangerous to those exposed to it.  Moreover, we know that marijuana is damaging to developing brains.

It was bad enough to sacrifice my grandparents’ generation to ignorance.  It boggles comprehension that we’re willing to sacrifice the current generation to recreational marijuana use.  However, it is utterly unconscionable to sacrifice the wellbeing of the next generation (who have no control over their secondhand exposure) to the selfishness of their parents pursuing pleasure, the marijuana industry pursuing $$$, and the politicians pursuing votes.  If you think there are problems with education and mental illness now, what do you think our country will be like when a generation of brain-damaged children comes of age?[/quote]

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