Pubdate: Wed, 04 Nov 2015
Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA)
Copyright: 2015 Chico Enterprise-Record
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Author: Jay Bergstrom

POT ISSUE COMPLICATED, SO NOTHING CHANGES

Regarding Sunday's editorial, "Keep refining county's marijuana 
growing laws": The Enterprise's opinions on marijuana should be 
administered with several milligrams of salt. Their opinion that 
cocaine is "illegal, period" is incorrect.

Cocaine is not illegal. It is a legal, regulated, schedule II 
substance. It has medical utility, I believe that I once had it for 
sinus surgery. It is also kinda fun - but due to our drug war 
policies, recreational cocaine is soaked in blood.

The editorial board states that cannabis regulation is "complicated." 
It is. Like slavery, prohibition and other disastrous public policies 
gone before, the road to reform is intentionally complicated. 
Defenders of the status quo will not acknowledge the need for change, 
nor will they acknowledge their error. In the face of evidence 
contrary to their politics, they retreat to confusion. Such it has 
been since the passage of Proposition 215, decades ago.

- - Jay Bergstrom, Forest Ranch
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom