Pubdate: Tue, 27 Jul 2010
Source: Times-Herald, The (Vallejo, CA)
Copyright: 2010 Robert Sharpe
Contact:  http://www.timesheraldonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/993
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n590/a03.html
Author: Robert Sharpe

DEADLY PROHIBITION

Lyndon Lafferty ("Don't let the marijuana myth live on," July 25) 
fails to understand how marijuana prohibition opens up a gateway to 
hard drugs. As long as organized crime controls marijuana 
distribution, consumers of the most popular illicit drug will 
continue to come into contact with sellers of hard drugs like 
cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. This "gateway" is a direct 
result of marijuana prohibition.

Marijuana may be relatively harmless, but marijuana prohibition is deadly.

Robert Sharpe, MPA

Policy Analyst

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C.
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