Pubdate: Wed, 08 Jan 2014
Source: International New York Times (International)
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Author: Yannik Hausmann

MARIJUANA AND LEGALIZATION

Regarding "Buyers rush to Colorado as marijuana sales begin" (News, 
Jan. 2): The euphoria that Colorado's legalization of recreational 
marijuana aroused has reached even Germany, where the issue has been 
debated for years. Just to be clear: I am not against marijuana. I am 
a supporter of medical marijuana, a scientifically proven way to help 
people with certain ailments. But recreational marijuana is 
different. Aside from its psychological and physical effects on 
adults, marijuana is also highly dangerous for teenagers, all the 
more that they will consume it with alcohol and cigarettes. So is it 
worthwhile to legalize a new way to ruin our health? I think we 
already have enough ways of doing that.

YANNIK HAUSMANN

NAMBORN, GERMANY
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