Pubdate: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 Source: Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) Pubdate: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 Copyright: 2009 The Oregonian Contact: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/324 Author: Sandee Burbank LEGALIZE CANNABIS I am very emotional over the unnecessary death of an elderly Mulino man who, along with his 80-year-old mate, was accused of growing and selling marijuana ("Deputies kill armed man, 68, while serving arrest warrant," Mar. 6). Marijuana use never killed anyone, but marijuana prohibition kills and destroys lives daily and is a waste of taxpayer money. We must use common sense and make cannabis laws no more prohibitive than alcohol laws. Not only could we save scarce tax dollars now spent in Oregon to keep adults from using cannabis, but we could also tax and regulate sales and dramatically reduce the violence, crime and corruption that is always a part of prohibition. Sandee Burbank Mosier - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom