HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-12-18, Page 13THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1969
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
PAGE THIRTEEN
The International Scene
(by
Raymond Canon)
THE USE OF MARIJUANA
There has been a great deal of
publicity about marijuana the
last little while, and since the
problem is not essentially Can-
adian, but world wide, it might
be a good idea to get a bird's
eye view of it all. Like most
people I have my own feelings
about the whole matter, and
since it is very easy to become
emotional about the effects of.
marijuana, or lack of them, I
am going to try to keep my re-
marks as factual as possible.
First of all, marijuana is ob-
Peewees Downed
By Goderich Crew
(by Doug Turkheim)
Monday night the Zurich Pee
Wees lost to Goderich by a score
of 9 - 1.
Mike cummings was the only
player to score twice, The other
Goderich goals were singles
scored by Rick Moody, Murray
Wilson, Scott Kennedy, Grant
Shelton, Alan Woagan, Chris
Hardy, and Lee Arbour.
Zurich's lone goal was scored
by Barry Hess.
Goderich held Zurich off the
score -sheet until the third period,
scoring three times in the first
and four times in the second.
Goderich scored twice in the
last stanza to Zurich's one.
Hornets Win In
Rec League Play
(by Doug Turkheim)
Last Thursday night the Rec
League play in the Zurich arena
started this year off with the
Zurich Hornets and the Blue -
water team clashing. Zurich
won this game 7-1.
Paul Corriveau led the Zurich
attack scoring five times. Single;
were added by Phil Laporte and
Don O"Brien.
The Bluewater goal was ac-
counted for by Jim Consitt.
There were six penalties
called in the game with the
Hornets drawing five and the
Bluewater one.
This year's league consists of
two teams from Zurich, one
from Hensall and another team
from the Bluewater.
NOTE: If teams in the Rec
League want the results of their
games published in rhe Citizens
News, they must turn in their
schoresheets immediately after
each game.
tamed from the top leaves and
flowers of the Indian hemp plant
which isrown in most arts of
the world and is therefore dif-
ficult to control. It has been
used since ancient times for
stimulation and intoxication
under several names such as
hashish, ganja or kif, to name
a few, For a while it was used
as a medicine - as a analgesic
or sedative, but eventually it
was considered to have so little
medicinal value that its use was
discontinued. When its possible
dangers were recognized, it was
added to the drugs covered by
the Single Convention on Nar-
cotiv Drugs, an international
agreement made by the United
Nations Economic and Social
Council and administered by an
international board, the Com-
mission on Narcotiv Drugs. Can-
ada has signed the convention,
and therefore it has become part
of Canada's law as the Narcotic
Control Act, which controls a
whole variety of drugs from
marijuana to heroin.
The biggest problem at the
present time is not the use of
marijuana but the lack of re-
search available to those who
are directly concerned with the
drug. There is an increasing
amount of research being done,
but all this takes time and people
are already demanding answeres
to questions for which no answers
are available. A few facts have
emerged, however, which have
considerable validity and which
must not be forgotten in any
discussion on the subject.
A great deal has been written
compairing alcohol and marij-
uana but most comparisons are
meaningless unless the dose and
circumstances are considered.
Neither one, if a normal amount
is used, is followed by any
hangover or other physical im-
pairment, but just as alcohol
can lead to impariinent, so can
marijuana. About the only dif-
ference is that the use of mar-
ijuana is illegal while alcohol
is not, and so one of the question
most asked today is whether
marijuana should be made legal
or not.
The question of making the
drug legal poses more problems
than might be imagined for
since Canada has given strong
support to the United Nations
on narcotics, it can't very well
change the law here without
changing its support of the law
at the U.N. Since they only
use of the drug in this country
is to induce a state of intox-
ication, it is going to be dif-
ficult to put it under the Food
and Drug Act, which controls
the use of many drugs used in
the practice of nedicine in Can -
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Abouth the only forward steps
that have been taken are in the
Canadian courts in that the jud-
ges are frequently making a dis-
tinction between marijuana and
hard drugs such as heroin, and
are giving relatively light sent-
ences for use of the former drug,
This doesn't really provide
a solution, and it all leads back
to the premise that we really
don't know what to do with it
until we know a lot more about
it. As to what we should do in
the meantime, there are almost
as many suggestions as there are
people.
Leafs, Canadiens,
Win House League
(by Doug Turkheim)
LEAFS 11 - BRUINS 3
In the first game of the House
League Saturday morning the
Leaf's won over the Bruins by a
convincing 11-3 score.
Derek 0' Brien led the Leaf
attack scoring five times. Greg
Love was next in line as he blink-
ed the red light four times. The
other two goals were accounted
for by Steve Smith.
The Bruins goals were account-
ed for by Danny Laporte with
two and Wayne Clarke adding
the extra marker,
CANADIENS 5 - HAWKS 0
The other game saw the Can-
adieus shut -out the Hawks, 5 - 0.
David Clarke led the Canadiens.
to victory scoria three times
for a hat trick, Fred Mommer-
steeg and Wayne Meidinger
added the two other markers.
There were three penalties
called in the game, with the
winners drawing two and the
Hawks one.
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