Pubdate: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 Source: Burnaby Now, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2011 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc. Author:
Matthew Claxton Note: Matthew Claxton is a reporter with the
Burnaby NOW's sister paper, the Langley Advance.   I once spoke
to an RCMP officer who works with teenagers, and she  rolled her
eyes and described the stupid arguments that she hears about
pot.  "Hey dude," they say, with that classic glassy stoner
gaze, "it's an  herb, it grows in the ground, how can it be bad
for you?"  I laughed in sympathy. It is without a doubt the
stupidest argument  ever given by giggling pro-pot advocates. If
anything that grows in  the ground is good for you, why aren't
stoners also scarfing down  deadly nightshade or fistfuls of
poisonous mushrooms? For that  matter, why not swallow horse
chestnuts?  This is not to say that I disagree with the idea of
pot being  legalized. The stoners just need better arguments, so
the RCMP don't  get so bored listening.  Arguments for the
legalization of pot can be divi