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Pubdate: Fri, 09 May 2014
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
Copyright: 2014 Madison Newspapers, Inc.
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Website: http://host.madison.com/wsj/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/506
Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n399/a06.html
WAR ON DRUGS FAILED, SO END IT AND TAX LEGAL MARIJUANA
Regarding Chris Rickert's Sunday column, "Why have two drugs to
abuse?," the days when politicians can get away with confusing the
drug war's tremendous collateral damage with a comparatively harmless
plant are coming to an end.
If the goal is to deter use, marijuana prohibition is a catastrophic
failure. The United States has almost double the rate of marijuana
use as the Netherlands where marijuana is legal, according to a 2008
World Health Organization survey.
The criminalization of Americans who prefer marijuana to martinis has
no basis in science. The war on marijuana consumers is a failed
cultural inquisition, not an evidence-based public health campaign.
Not just in Colorado but throughout the nation, it's time to stop the
pointless arrests and instead tax legal marijuana.
- -- Robert Sharpe, Washington, D.C., policy analyst, Common Sense for Drug Policy
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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