MATFORCE

Jan 17, 2019

Teens hear all the wrong messages on Marijuana

Marijuana is a dangerous, mind-altering drug. In today’s highly potent forms, it poses risks to adults and children, but the risks are far greater for teens. Let’s no longer let the pot profiteers fill our children’s brains with dangerous messages. It’s time to make sure the truth is told, so the next youth survey doesn’t give us even more to be alarmed about.

Mar 30, 2015

Montgomery calls pot-smoking veteran ‘enemy’ of Constitution

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery told a veteran he has “no respect for you” and called him an “enemy” of the U.S. Constitution after the man admitted to recreational use of marijuana.

Dec 12, 2014

Legalized marijuana: Let’s examine the facts

Today’s society is bombarded with information from many sources; these sources of information often have conflicting data and differing points of view. This could not be truer than in the discussions regarding legalized marijuana.

Dec 4, 2014

Teenagers at ground zero in Arizona’s marijuana battlefield

The struggle for legalizing recreational-use marijuana will likely center on the impacts of the drug on Arizona children.

Anti-marijuana forces are arguing that the drug harms the brain and that making it legally available will lead to more children using it, while legalized-marijuana advocates are ready to propose an excise tax that would go to schools.