St Catharine's Standard, July 03 2002
Lori Linwood, The Standard
My personal feeling is that alcohol should be outlawed. I have seen more destruction of lives and family from alcohol abuse than from smoking marijuana.
I have never seen a person high on pot go berserk and beat on his wife and children. I have seen a drunk do this.
I have never seen a person high on pot throw his life away because he can't function without it. I have seen an alcoholic do this.
How many people have been involved in an automobile accident involving someone high on pot?
I have not heard of any.
I am not discounting that it is possible, but I have heard over and over again about how alcohol kills behind the wheel.
Lane speaks of pot being a gateway drug. I beg to differ. If anything is the gateway drug, it is alcohol. Most kids can get their hands on booze before they can get their hands on a joint. In some homes, alcohol is a staple -- just like bread and milk.
And then, there are the prescription drugs that grab an innocent person before they know what has hit them. How many people wind up in detox to beat their Demerol addiction? It is really a shame.
Our bodies are not built for any foreign substance. That is why we get high when we do them.
You can't just pick and choose the bad guys here. All drugs are bad!
God is Against Alcohol, Period!
"I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon." -Billy Sunday
Billy Sunday (1862-1935)
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." -Proverb 20:1
Hear Billy Sunday's "Booze Kills!" (MP3)
Hear Billy Sunday on Prohibition (MP3)
The Truth About Booze- part 1 (Pastor Jeff Owens)
The Truth About Booze- part 2 (Pastor Jeff Owens)
The Salvation of a Nation (by Pastor Jack Hyles)
"Whiskey and beer are all right in their place, but their place is in hell." -Billy Sunday
"The man who votes for the saloon is pulling on the same rope with the devil, whether he knows it or not." -Billy Sunday
Teens Drink One-Fifth of U.S. Alcohol!
Beer Soaks America (exposing the lying propaganda of the beer industry)