Dear Editor:

Should marijuana be legalized? Independent candidate Brent Bush thinks so. The April 3 Golden Scoop quotes him as saying: "I support decriminalization. I think the so-called 'war on drugs' is actually creating and accelerating the violence within organized crime circles because it drives up the price.

If marijuana were deregulated it would allow people to grow small amounts for personal use, the market price for local product would go down, and the profit motive of it would be eliminated. There would be no reason for organized crime to be in that business anymore. The same thing happened with alcohol during the prohibition; it turned out to be a disastrous failure."

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