Pubdate: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2014 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://www.latimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Author: Robert Bachmann CANNABIS CLASH Re "Brown, party divided on pot, fracking," March 10 What would the answer be if we took Gov. Jerry Brown's "Meet the Press" statement and made a small change? Brown's question would go like this: "How many people can get drunk and still have a great state or a great nation?" Prohibition didn't work out too well for alcohol last century, and it isn't doing any better on marijuana. We should look to other progressive states for a better way. Robert Bachmann Los Angeles - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom