By Paul W. Lovinger
Before deciding to put neatly-packaged marijuana cigarettes on store shelves or counters, ask yourself these questions:
1. Are you willing to ride in a bus, plane, or train operated by a stoned driver, pilot, or engineer?
2. Would you entrust your life to someone, like a surgeon, who's under the influence of an intoxicant?
3. Despite the public concern for health care, are you ready to throw another hazardous drug onto the market?
If you answered yes to all three, feel free to add marijuana to the list of drugs that are dangerous to health or safety but sold legally. Once it goes on sale in stores, expect to introduce a myriad of newcomers to the pot habit.
