Pubdate: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 Source: Atlanticville (NJ) Copyright: 2008 Greater Media Newspapers Contact: http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3334 Author: John Chase PROHIBITION MAY CAUSE MORE DAMAGE Regarding Stephen Wallace's Your Turn column "Marijuana decriminalization poses a clear & present danger," illegal drugs are not uniformly more dangerous than legal drugs. One example is that "model airplane glue" is available at several stores at a price so low no one sells it on the street. But if it were driven underground, like marijuana, its price would rise to enable the violence and corruption that attends any lucrative, illegal market. No drug is without risk. Rather than debate the merits of each substance, we should debate whether prohibition causes more societal damage than it prevents. John Chase Palm Harbor, Fla. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin