Pubdate: Fri, 08 Jan 2010
Source: Garden Island (Lihue, HI)
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Author: Harry Boranian

GOVERNMENT FAILURE

Prohibition did not work with alcohol. It's not working with
marijuana.

The only fair solution is to treat marijuana abuse the same as alcohol
abuse. If a person is driving a car after excessive marijuana use, he
should be treated the same as a person disabled by excessive alcohol
use or abuse of any other mind altering substance.

I suspect that the pro-alcohol lobby is heavily involved in the fight
against the decriminalizing of marijuana. We could sure empty a lot of
jail cells if marijuana use was treated in the same way as alcohol 
use.

Government inaction in this matter is another example of the failure
of the best government that money can buy.

Harry Boranian

Lihu'e
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