Funny letter written to local paper

[happatai]

So my mom recently found out that I smoke marijuana... I tried backing
up my facts stating that marijuana is okay to do, if done only
occasianally and to let let it consume you. She feels that I think it
is 'harmless' and the word 'marijuana' catches my attention in today's
paper, and I read on... It is a question/answer thing in the
newspaper... MY MOM WRITES:



My son has recently begun running around with some tough kids who have
introduced him to marijuana. He doesnt deny what he is doing because he
says it is harmless. Can you give me the facts?



the doctor responds:

Your son has been given some very bad information that is being passed
around by those who are promoting the legalization of marijuana. It is
a lie. Five marijuana cigarettes have the same cancer-causing capacity
as 112 conventional cigarettes. Second, the part of the brain that
allows a person to focus is, concentrate, create, learn, and
conceptualize at an advanced level is still growing during the teenage
years. Continuous marijuana use over a period of time will retard the
normal growth of the brain cells. blah blah blah... it goes on how it
effects female's DNA and reproductive eggs. Marijuana users that smoke
one marijuana cigarette a day for one year have a 39% decrease in white
blood cells. I doubt that your son will be satisfied with this answer,
even though you should it with him. His motivation is probably related
more to peer pressure than to his belief of harmlessness of marijuana.
The dangers of him to "graduate" from marijuana to harder, more
addictive drugs is also a caution. If I were you, I would bring all my
energies to bear on getting my son away from the gang he is now running
with, even if it is required for us to move. His is apparently at a
critical juncture in his life.



First of all, I dont do it every day, or even all that frequently, I
have self-control and goals in my life, and smoking a couple times a
month wont exactly make me a 'lazy unhealthy retard'.



It's funny that me and my 'gang' made it in the papers, but
unnoficially. My mom hasnt confronted me about it, I found the paper
just now and shes at work... if she decides to confront me about it, I
dont know what to say. Ive already told her i dont do it frequently,
and that i know it isn't 100% harmless... oh well, just something I
thought I'd share.