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Lawyers often tell a jury that a witness who lies about one thing should not be believed on any issue.
“Don’t legalize recreational pot in isles” (Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Nov. 6), restates much misinformation, but notably the canard that “an additional danger has entered this market with the recent rise of fentanyl-laced drugs, including marijuana.”
If that sounds like a scare tactic, it is. Unlike hard-drug dealers, marijuana growers and dealers have no incentive to spend extra to add fentanyl to their product. And it just isn’t true. Forbes magazine explained it in a July 2021 article, “Fentanyl-Tainted Marijuana Is A Myth That Refuses To Go Away.”
Advocates who support their agenda with myths to scare the public should not be believed on any issue.
John Keiser
Makiki
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