Pubdate: Mon, 09 Mar 2009
Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA)
Copyright: 2009 San Jose Mercury News
Contact:  http://www.mercurynews.com/
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Author: Jan Woods

LETS THINK RATIONALLY ON MARIJUANA ISSUE

If Al Capone were with us today - and controlled the presently 
illegal California marijuana empire as he once controlled booze in 
Chicago - he would be very concerned, indeed, about the current 
discussion of liberalizing laws which would, of course, put him out 
of business again and instead transfer billions of tax dollars to our 
state coffers.

I don't happen to smoke the stuff myself, but one doesn't need a 
"marijuana high" to appreciate the obviously hypocritical and unfair 
situation we have created for ourselves - and others who have been 
incarcerated - at the expense of rational thinking.

Jan Woods

San Jose
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