Pubdate: Mon, 11 May 2009
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
Copyright: 2009 Hearst Communications Inc.
Contact:  http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n500/a01.html
Author: John Ellis

LEGALIZED MARIJUANA MAKES SENSE

On the governor's talk of legalizing marijuana - here are some facts:
annual death rates in America from tobacco: 430,000; alcohol: 85,000;
aspirin: 7,500; cannabis: 0. Has anyone ever seen a person lying in
the street dead with a joint in his or her hand? Our nation spends
billions of dollars per year prosecuting and jailing those using it
today.

John Ellis

Kentfield
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