http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/marijuana/index.html
"Apparently, it’s perfectly acceptable for a world-class athlete to endorse a substance like alcohol that contributes to thousands of deaths each year, as well as hundreds of thousands of violent crimes and injuries," says Mason Tvert, a co-author of the new book "Marijuana Is Safer." "Yet a world-class athlete like Michael Phelps is ridiculed, punished and forced to apologize for marijuana, the use of which contributes to zero deaths, and has never been linked to violent or reckless behavior. Why the double standard?"
The fact of the matter is Marujana is illegal! That is it! Phelps was not ridiculed because he was doing something that could kill him or harm others, he was forced to apologize because he was doing an illegal drug!
This is a horrible comparison; it doesn't actually even make sense to me.
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