Somewhere in my memorabilia is an underground newspaper with me on the cover for busting people for dope. I like to point that out because I think it gives you a perspective of where I've come from on this topic.

Has anyone ever thought about the reason marijuana is a gateway drug? Could it be people try the drug, find it not to be the evil depicted to them, and then reason this way? If the government lied to me about the effects of marijuana, could the government also be lying to me about (take your pick) Heroin, Cocaine, Meth? Let me give that a try.

At any rate, an interesting perspective here from Sirota on the Michael Phelps controversey.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/12/EDMU15SUFP.DTL