Pubdate: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 Source: Sacramento News & Review (CA) Copyright: 2010 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: http://newsreview.com/sacto/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/540 Author: Charles Donaldson Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n627/a02.html PROHIBITION MAKES OUTLAWS Re "Legalize it?" by Nick Miller (SN&R Frontlines, August 5): The time to legalize marijuana is coming, whether some people like or not. Those who oppose it will bring out every boogeyman that you can think of. There will never be a proposed law they like. We need to pass Proposition 19. If there are problems, we can fix it. That is no different than most things in life. Trial and error is the way we learn. The present system of prohibition makes outlaws out of our children and friends. Prohibition fuels a significant portion of drug violence, especially in Mexico. The current laws add to our prison population. We need to change it now. If we wait for the perfect law, it will never happen. All the dire consequences that are proposed are with us now, with prohibition. Pass Prop. 19 this year! Charles Donaldson Sacramento - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart