Pubdate: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL) Copyright: 2009 Orlando Sentinel Contact: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/325 Note: Rarely prints out-of-state LTEs. Author: carrie Another Look At Pot YING AND YANG Potheads rarely commit violent acts to get money for pot. It's the crackheads and heroin addicts who commit the violent crimes. Unfortunately, it's been said that pot is a gateway to harder drugs. If you legalize marijuana, you open a door to the realm of harder drugs. . . . I started out with cigarettes and graduated to pot. I never went beyond that point, but a lot of people don't know when to say when. Yes, the government can make and save a lot of money from this, but [it can turn some lives] upside down because they have such addictive personalities. We have legalized alcohol and cigarettes, but it does come at a cost for quite a few people -- alcoholism, emphysema and other slower forms of death. Should marijuana be legal? You can't have ying without the yang. carrie, Montverde, FL - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom