Pubdate: Sat, 15 Mar 2014
Source: Daily Courier (Prescott, AZ)
Copyright: 2014 Prescott Newspapers, Inc.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4036
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n223/a08.html
Author: Kirk Muse

POT, ALCOHOL SHOULD GET SAME TREATMENT

EDITOR:

Regarding the "County joins resolution against legalized pot" article 
published March 4, there was no mention as to why the Yavapai County 
supervisors want to keep cannabis completely unregulated, untaxed and 
controlled by criminal gangs.

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 cage cannabis growers, sellers or consumers.

Arizona 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
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