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MARIJUANA PROHIBITION CAUSES MORE ISSUES

I strongly disagree with Ruth Marcus' column, "The perils of legalized pot." It's ridiculous using children as an excuse to cage responsible adults who use the relatively safe God-given plant cannabis ( marijuana ).  Will Marcus be lobbying to cage responsible wine and beer drinkers next?

Further, claiming, "society will not be better off," legalizing cannabis is silly.  Cannabis prohibition is responsible for increased hard drug addiction rates, contempt for drug laws, eroded constitutional rights, escalated prison populations, corrupt politicians, race discrimination, prohibiting free American farmers from growing hemp ( even though communist Chinese farmers grow it ), costs trillions of dollars and the list is growing faster than the plant itself.  The sooner America ends cannabis prohibition, the sooner the sky will stop falling in.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.