Pubdate: Sun, 13 Oct 2002
Source: Times-News, The (ID)
Copyright: 2002 Magic Valley Newspapers
Contact:  http://www.magicvalley.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/595
Author: Stan White

NORTH AMERICA SHOULD RE-LEGALIZE POT

Thank you for Andrew J. Crane's right on letter: "Draconian pot laws can't 
be justified" (Oct. 8). Cannabis should not just be legalized, but 
re-legalized.

A chart titled "Addictive Qualities of Popular Drugs" available at 
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/addictiv.htm, puts the level of cannabis 
addiction into perspective, showing in fact that caffeine is twice as 
addictive as cannabis.

Do cannabis prohibitionists even comprehend that they're admitting a desire 
to cage humans for using a plant?

The original prohibition on a national scale was worse than the booze 
prohibited and the sequel, now, on an international scale is worse. At the 
very minimum, North America must re-legalize cannabis, especially when you 
consider the worst side effects of cannabis are police inflicted.

STAN WHITE

Dillon, Colo.
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