Pubdate: Sat, 17 Dec 2011
Source: Record Searchlight (Redding, CA)
Copyright: 2011 Record Searchlight
Contact:  http://www.redding.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/360
Author: Ann Chapman

PROHIBITION WILL STILL FAIL

I am 73 years old. I've never smoked pot and never truly approved of 
it. But I know this. People who use marijuana will go back to paying 
for it from people who obtained or grew the product illegally. This 
is Prohibition all over again - in its worst form.

Where is the good in this close down and shut down and re-regulation? 
If it provided decently for those who use it for medical purposes, it 
might make a teeny bit of sense. It doesn't. Worse, or equally 
stupid, is the fact it will not make a dent in recreational use. As 
with Prohibition, people who never drank before made bathtub gin to 
show that the government could not tell them what to do. So, bring it 
on Mexican Cartels. We are now throwing our arms open to your 
product. You will make it easy and you will be grinning from ear to 
ear, all the way to the bank.

By the way, how many of you in Shasta County and surrounding areas 
now have plans for your homes or property where you will grow and 
perhaps make a little money on the side? People who never would have 
entertained the thought before now? How many? Thank you, City 
Council, for this absolute idiocy. All you have done is waste our 
time and money, put people out of work and generally made a mockery 
of what the people expect of you.

Ann Chapman, Redding
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