The Couseling
Capitol Campus literally reeks with
enlightenment. Most of us who
aren’t engineers have the privilege
of choosing our own courses to the
point of planning our own programs.
We enjoy responsible counseling and
methods of handling unwanted preg
nancies. We even have a “coed”
dorm. But wait! What are those
papers hanging on the bulletin board
in the west wing? Could it be . . . ?
Yes, it is the old “Killer Drugs” stuff
and the papers are there for every
one to read, love, and cherish like an
advertisement from an 1896 Sears
catalogue.
Like the old advertisements, the
drug paper contains many over state
ments and half-truths, and it pre
sents a picture that is far from the
real thing. Unlike the advertise
ments hopefully, the paper contains
several complete falsifications. It
would compare to ordering what you
have assumed to be a hand-warmer
and ending up with a fur-lined cor
set.
The paper is entitled “Alcohol and
Tobacco vs. Marijuana.” In many
respects any attempt to compare
these three “pleasures” will be a
farce. Starting with item 2, the
drug paper proves itself to be a
comedy of errors. Item 2 under al
cohol states, “With toxic doses
(Those which are heavy to the point
of danger) the drinker “Passes .out”
into complete immobilization (sleep
or unconciousness.” What it fails
to add is that up to that point alcohol
usually induces a tremendously ag-
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gressive type of behavior. Item 2
from Marijuana, “with toxic doses,
the marijuana smoker often shows
highly active behavior. He may
have psychotic (crazy) reactions of
varying degress.” Horsefeathers!
Psychotic reactions have been noted.
Although I’ve never seen one, we
can’t argue the fact. What usually
happens though is that the psychosis
passes with time and the smoker re
laxes into the “mild euphoric high”
we hear about so much. But with
toxic doses the scene changes a bit.
Hyper-activity is squelched and in a
short time the -user finds himself
completely immobilized like his over
dosed drinking counterpart.
Item 7 expounds the old argument
about marijuana smokers going on to
stronger drugs. And for alcohol,
Item 7 suggests that heavy drinkers
do not look for stronger forms of al
cohol to achieve satisfaction.
Wrong again. The winos will grab
the strongest stuff they can get! Not
only that, but the error in logic about
marijuana is incredible. This mari
juana to heroin garbage comes from
a study which revealed that about
70% of the interviewed heroin users
had used marijuana previously.
Therefore, marijuana leads to heroin
right? Wrong - ! Almost 90% of the
same people used alcohol before
marijuana and an educated guess
has the figure at 97% who started
all on mother’s milk (bottled or
otherwise). In order to prevent a
nationwide panic we must point out
that drinking milk has not been link-
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ed to heroin addiction. Milk does
have some interesting things in it
though—strontium 90, DDT, etc.—
but that’s another story.
What is important is this: not
once is it mentioned that heavy
drinkers usually suffer liver ail
ments and some other internal pro
blems. Nor is it mentioned that al
cohol has been linked to the killing
of brain cells. In fairness we must
point out that the paper does link
tobacco with cancer —once. But over
and over we find three condemnation
of marijuana. 1. “Most students
who smoke pot regularly drop out of
school.” Phooey—just look around,
people. 2. Smoking pot is a no-no
and we can get busted and sent up
the river. Yep, sure can. 3. Mari
juana can lead to psychological de
pendency. That is another way of
saying that we can get hung up on a
girl or on our home or on a beautiful
idea. Hell, Attorney General John
Mitchell is probably psychologically
dependent on his pipe. And Richard
Nixon is probably psychologically de
pendent on Spiro Agnew and Spiro
is probably just plain psychologically
dependent. Besides all this, and the
list goes farther, the paper leaves
the reader with the impression that
alcohol and/or tobacco are good for
you. And this is not true.
Now, counselors. Since the paper
“Alcohol and Tobacco vs. Marijuana”
says “. . . detailed analysis” on it,
please publish a real, detailed anal
ysis or at least remove this one from
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