Pubdate: Sun, 30 Mar 2008
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (MI)
Copyright: 2008 Kalamazoo Gazette
Contact:  http://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/588
Author: Justin Wiley

MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALIZED, REGULATED

We have all heard the statistic. Most of us have tried it. A lot of
people use it, even though it is illegal.

The one point I have as a non-user is, since so many people are doing
it, why doesn't the government just legalize it and tax it like
alcohol and tobacco?

I have read most of the studies and personally tried marijuana with no
ill effects. Most of the bad things I have heard are when other drugs
are added to the marijuana and the government could stop this by
legalizing weed.

The question is not why marijuana should be made legal, but why it was
ever made illegal in the first place?

Justin Wiley

Allegan
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