Pubdate: Mon, 17 Feb 2014
Source: New Haven Register (CT)
Copyright: 2014 New Haven Register
Contact:  http://www.nhregister.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/292
Author: Kirk Muse
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n128/a05.html

POT LEGALIZATION IS ALL ABOUT FREEDOM OF CHOICE

I'm writing about your thoughtful editorial: "States should determine 
own pot laws" (2-5-14).

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 arrest and jail cannabis growers, sellers or consumers.

Connecticut 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, AZ
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