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Newshawk: http://www.drugwarfacts.org
Votes: 1
Pubdate: Tue, 19 Feb 2013
Source: Steamboat Today, The (CO)
Copyright: 2013 The Steamboat Pilot & Today
Contact: http://www.steamboattoday.com/submit/letters/
Website: http://www.steamboattoday.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1549
Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n080/a03.html
POT PROHIBITION FAILS
In response to Rob Douglas' Feb. 15 column "Reefer madness":
The people of Colorado and Washington state are way ahead of the
politicians in Washington, D.C. If the goal of marijuana prohibition
is to subsidize violent drug cartels, prohibition is a grand success.
The drug war distorts supply-and-demand dynamics so that big money
grows on little trees. If the goal of marijuana prohibition is to
deter use, prohibition is a catastrophic failure. The United States
has double the rate of use as the Netherlands, where marijuana is
legally available.
The criminalization of Americans who prefer marijuana to martinis has
no basis in science. The war on marijuana consumers is a failed
cultural inquisition, not an evidence-based public health campaign.
This country no longer can afford to subsidize the prejudices of
culture warriors. Not just in Colorado but throughout the nation,
it's time to stop the arrests and instead tax legal marijuana.
Robert Sharpe
Policy analyst, Common Sense for Drug Policy
Washington, D.C.
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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