Pubdate: Thu, 10 Jun 2010
Source: Boulder Weekly (CO)
Copyright: 2010 Kirk Muse
Contact:  http://www.boulderweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57
Author: Kirk Muse

AT LEAST THE POT IS LOCAL

Suppose that half, or even more than half, of the people who purchase
medical marijuana don't really need it for medical reasons. That means
that they are not buying their marijuana from drug dealers who get
their marijuana via the Mexican drug cartels.

And it also means that they are not buying their marijuana from drug
dealers who also sell other, much more dangerous drugs, like meth,
heroin and cocaine. Drug dealers often offer their marijuana customers
free samples of the much more dangerous drugs.

Most marijuana consumers would prefer to buy locally grown marijuana
of known quality, known purity and known potency. But if they can't,
they buy black market marijuana.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.