Pubdate: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 Source: Boulder Weekly (CO) Copyright: 2005 Boulder Weekly Contact: http://www.boulderweekly.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57 Author: Kirk Muse Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1424/a04.html?113294 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) SUPPLY AND DEMAND (Re: "Stoners don't get it," letters, Sept. 1.) I'm writing about Redford Givens' thoughtful letter. I agree with everything Givens wrote, however his letter seems to have no connection with the title it was given. It's the prohibitionists who don't get it. It's the prohibitionists who seem to think that they can somehow nullify the immutable law of supply and demand with legislation. It's the prohibitionists who insist that the easy-to-grow weed remain completely untaxed, unregulated and controlled by criminals. It's the prohibitionists who insist that marijuana should only be sold by criminals. Criminals who often sell other, much more dangerous drugs like cocaine and meth, and who often offer free samples of the more dangerous drugs to their marijuana customers. Thus the so-called gateway effect. Kirk Muse/via Internet - --- MAP posted-by: Elizabeth Wehrman