Pubdate: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 Source: USA Today (US) Copyright: 2010 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc Contact: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/index.htm Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/466 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n165/a07.html Author: Larry Townley OUR 'WAR ON DRUGS' CAUSES MORE HARM THAN GOOD If we legalize marijuana, we can free up jail space of non-violent offenders. We should tax it at $75 per ounce. Then use half the tax money collected to help pay for health care reform, 25% to pay down the national debt, and divide 20% equally among the states and the remaining 5% among the counties in each state. Marijuana is the No. 1 cash crop in the USA. Why shouldn't we put that money to good use? Prohibition of this substance is foolish. It didn't work with alcohol, and it doesn't work with pot. Larry Townley Monroe, Mich. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake