Pubdate: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA) Copyright: 2010 Chico Enterprise-Record Contact: http://www.chicoer.com/feedback Website: http://www.chicoer.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/861 Note: Letters from newspaper's circulation area receive publishing priority Author: Lois Jolene Cosby LEGALIZED POT WOULD HAVE REPERCUSSIONS The headline on the top of the front page of the July 23 Red Bluff Daily News said, "Corning teacher hit, killed in Chico." The article went on to state the facts that the teacher was a fifth-grade teacher in Corning. The article also stated the facts of the accident, that she was killed by a driver allegedly high on marijuana. The article on the bottom left of the same front-page headline read, "Pot legalization impacts will be hard to measure." The article stated, "Legalizing marijuana in California could give local governments a revenue boost." The article presented the question if it would indeed have any positive effects due to the increase in pot usage and crime related to its use. There certainly isn't anything hard for voters to figure out on this issue. Ask yourself these questions: "If my loved one was killed by a pot smoker, would all the money made in profits from the sale of it compensate for the loss of my loved one, my mother, my wife, my child?" "Would all the fifth-graders think it was worth the revenue earned that would sacrifice their teacher's life so a pothead could get high?" "Is it OK to put the value of money above the value of life?" "Should children go hungry because their parents bought pot with their grocery money so California could get revenue?" I urge voters to seriously consider the consequences and vote against making the sale of marijuana legal. - -- Lois Jolene Cosby, Corning - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom