Tuesday
Apr072009
Bernath: "Basically we lie to children about the dangers of marijuana."
Talk Radio News Service (Admin)
by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
Dan Bernath, the Director of Communications at the Marijuana Policy Project, in Washington, D.C., said that the U.S. needs proven effects based education programs regarding marijuana and other drugs, especially for our kids. Bernath said “Basically we lie to children about the dangers of marijuana. Kids aren’t stupid, you know, and when they encounter these drugs for the first time, marijuana, and they discover that the world doesn’t come crashing around them like they’ve been told it would in their D.A.R.E. programs, they become skeptical and they start to wonder what else they’ve been lied to about.” (00:41)
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Dan Bernath, the Director of Communications at the Marijuana Policy Project, in Washington, D.C., said that the U.S. needs proven effects based education programs regarding marijuana and other drugs, especially for our kids. Bernath said “Basically we lie to children about the dangers of marijuana. Kids aren’t stupid, you know, and when they encounter these drugs for the first time, marijuana, and they discover that the world doesn’t come crashing around them like they’ve been told it would in their D.A.R.E. programs, they become skeptical and they start to wonder what else they’ve been lied to about.” (00:41)
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