Pubdate: Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Source: USA Today (US)
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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. 
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