Pubdate: Mon, 25 Apr 2016
Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA)
Copyright: 2016 The Press-Enterprise Company
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Author: Tulvio Durand

P-E'S CURIOUS SUPPORT FOR LEGALIZING POT

I must admit that the P-E's editorials have been my favorite part of 
the paper since arriving in Anza in 2004 from San Diego because I 
judged them to be consistently thoughtful, credible, articulate 
advocacy. I didn't know about the Orange County Register Editorial 
Board being a solitary voice against the internment of 
Japanese-Americans following the Pearl Harbor attack  that is a truly 
spectacular achievement.

Yet this thoughtful advocacy is challenged by more recent P-E 
editorial advocacy in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana in 
California. This is inconsistent with the P-E's general conservative 
outlook. I can't figure out why you advocate such view while printing 
news stories of Colorado's negative experience since it legalized 
pot. The new pot is much more potent, approaching heroin for its 
addictive properties, and it is incorporated into lollipops and 
edibles that can easily get into the hands of children. How do you 
justify taking this pro-legalization editorial position?

Tulvio Durand

Anza
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