In a recent Herald editorial, “Pot and Kids” (June 21), the last sentence hit me (no pun intended): “... proponents were right: It sparked no epidemic of marijuana use.”
There is a problem, however, with legal marijuana use because of pesticides.
It is bad enough that commercial products sold in grocery stores are chock-filled with unhealthy additives – at least what is consumed is chewed up. Commercial marijuana, on the other hand, is primarily smoked, not always eaten, and pesticide residue make its permanent home in the lungs. It does not matter if one is smoking pot with that “glamorous” long stick in your hand with your trendy friends – in a short period of time, the sticky build-up in the lungs will take a big bite out of a life.
I enjoy pot occasionally and refuse to smoke anything, including toxic tobacco, tainted by chemicals that kill.
Sally Florence
Durango
