Pubdate: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 Source: Washington Post (DC) Copyright: 2014 The Washington Post Company Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/mUgeOPdZ Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/491 Author: Kirk Muse Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n010/a05.html CHOICES IN AN UNSAFE WORLD Regarding Ruth Marcus's Jan. 3 op-ed column, "This weed should be yanked out": The issue is not whether cannabis is safe for everybody. Rather, it is freedom of choice. Peanuts are lethal for some, but we don't imprison peanut growers, sellers or consumers. The voters of Colorado and Washington state have decided we should not imprison cannabis growers, sellers or consumers. Kirk Muse, Mesa Ariz. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom