Pubdate: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2014 The Baltimore Sun Company Contact: http://www.baltimoresun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n029/a03.html Author: Stan White WANT TO BE TOUGH ON CRIME? LEGALIZE MARIJUANA If Gov. Martin O'Malley is so tough on crime, he should end the prohibition on cannabis (marijuana) today ("Mike Miller, marijuana and the right side of history," Jan. 9), Cannabis prohibition produces underground markets, cartels, increased hard-drug addiction rates, and contempt for drug laws. It also leads to eroded constitutional rights, loss of freedom, escalating prison populations, corrupt politicians, racial discrimination and trillions of dollars in wasted taxes, all of which are crimes. And make no mistake: Caging humans for using what God says is good on the first page of the Bible is also a crime. Stan White, Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom