Pubdate: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 Source: Santa Maria Times (CA) Copyright: 2008 Lee Central Coast Newspapers Contact: http://www.santamariatimes.com/contact/letter/ Website: http://www.santamariatimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/396 Author: Gary Gall Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n390/a13.html COMMON SENSE OF MARIJUANA I fully agree with a recent letter writer on the subject of marijuana. The fight to reform marijuana laws will not be easy to win. Let's follow the money. Law enforcement and prisons will lose gobs of money. The pharmaceutical industry will have unhappy stockholders. The cotton industry and the pesticide industry won't be happy. Hemp is the strongest fiber known to man. The paper industry won't be cutting trees. One acre of hemp is worth three acres of trees for paper. The oil companies sure don't want it. Hemp can be used to make gas and diesel and it is good for the soil. The alcohol industry will not welcome a safer competition. Taxed and regulated adult marijuana will also be good for the children. The black market does not ask for IDs. Kids for years have said it is easier to get marijuana than alcohol. Gary Gall Cambria April 21, 2008 - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom