Pubdate: Fri, 25 Apr 2003
Source: Langley Advance (CN BC)
Copyright: 2003 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc.
Contact:  http://www.langleyadvance.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1248
Author: Frank G. Sterle, Jr.

MARIJUANA: PROHIBITION CUTS CONSUMPTION

Dear Editor,

According to the few statistics of that time-period, alcohol prohibition 
proved that the illegal status of that substance reduced its public rate of 
consumption .

Also many studies indicate that pot-consumers' mental health depends in 
part on the reduction or prevention of cannabis consumption.

If pro-pot people propose legalizing marijuana for practical reasons - 
e.g., less pressure on already-overburdened law-enforcement and justice 
systems - that's a clear motive, but there's simply way too much of the 
media-propagated B.S. out there [Prohibition propagates propaganda, March 
25 Letters to the Editor, Langley Advance News] telling our impressionable 
youth that pot is harmless.

Frank G. Sterle, Jr. White Rock
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