Pubdate: Sat, 31 Dec 2011
Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA)
Copyright: 2011 Chico Enterprise-Record
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Author: Jay Bergstrom
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n737/a03.html

CLARIFY LAWS BY MAKING MARIJUANA LEGAL

Regarding Tuesday's editorial, "Clarify laws on pot as medicine": I 
wish our governance would indeed clarify the rules on pot. Not 
medicinal, but cannabis in general.

This fool's errand of cannabis prohibition has endured for seven 
decades, and what do we have to show for our trillion-dollar 
investment? Higher quality cannabis is more available to all, while 
respect for law is diminished. Has the general welfare of Americans 
been promoted? Are we better off now than before the pogrom ensued? No, and No.

Change will come from the streets, not from the palaces. I encourage 
readers to sign and support all of the cannabis legalization 
petitions that are coming for the 2012 elections.

- - Jay Bergstrom, Forest Ranch
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom