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To the Editor: The letter by Boyer et al. (Aug. 9 issue)¹ decrying the prevalence of "partisan" sites on illicit-drug use neglected to mention that theoretically objective government sites contain misinformation about drugs as well. For example, the National Institute on Drug Abuse publication "Marijuana: Facts for Teens"² says that marijuana users are 104 times more likely to use cocaine than those who do not use marijuana and that because "marijuana use can affect thinking and judgment, users can forget to have safe sex and possibly expose themselves to HIV [human immunodeficiency virus], the virus that causes AIDS."

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