Pubdate: Mon, 10 Feb 2014
Source: Missoulian (MT)
Copyright: 2014 Missoulian
Contact:  http://www.missoulian.com/
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Author: Kirk Muse

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION ABOUT CHOICES FOR ADULTS, NOT SAFETY FOR
CHILDREN

Re: "Public deserves apology from Obama on marijuana" (guest column,
Feb. 5).

I'd like to add that the cannabis legalization issue is not whether
cannabis is completely safe for everybody, including children and
adolescents; it is not.

The issue is freedom of choice for adults. Children have died from
eating peanuts and peanut butter but we don't cage peanut growers,
sellers or consumers.

And the voters of Colorado and Washington state have decided that we
should not cage cannabis growers, sellers or consumers.

Montana adults have the freedom of choice of whether or not to consume
legal alcohol. Shouldn't they have the same freedom of choice
regarding legal cannabis?

Kirk Muse,

Mesa, Ariz.