Marijuana Is Dangerous! Don't Let it Ruin Native Youth!

My name is John Guenther and I have been employed in many positions involving work with people impacted by marijuana. I have seen firsthand the destruction this drug causes. If you added up all the reasons for adolescents going to treatment—including alcohol—they would not equal the amount of adolescents going to treatment for just one drug alone, marijuana. Marijuana is a dangerous drug that impacts many tribal communities. There is now a push in our community to manufacture and distribute marijuana. Should we really be that easily influenced? I say we stand up against those who would influence tribal culture. Marijuana is not a harmless herb and it is not a traditional plant. We as NDN people have relied on our natural remedies, not foreign plants. This plant has been mutated with the intention to sell it to more individuals and it has more than doubled in potency. With alcohol, liquor stores are estimated to be in great abundance in minority communities than others at a rate of 7 to 1; it will be the same for marijuana, and I am concerned we will be targeted.

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