Pubdate: Sun, 22 Sep 2013
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune (MN)
Copyright: 2013 Star Tribune
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Author: Richard Breitman

TOBACCO IS A PROBLEM; MARIJUANA IS NOT

Rich Stanek's priorities are wrong. Some 1,300 smokers died today 
because of cigarettes. Some 225 alcohol drinkers died today because 
of the alcohol or alcohol related accidents. It's likely that no one 
died today because of marijuana use. Let's get our priorities 
straight and quit spending more than $30,000 a year to lock up some 
marijuana offenders. The only two entities that benefit from 
outlawing marijuana are the drug dealers and the prison systems.

RICHARD BREITMAN, Minneapolis
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