Pubdate: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 Source: Merced Sun-Star (CA) Copyright: 2010 Merced Sun-Star Contact: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/284 Website: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2546 Author: Keith Ensminger END PROHIBITION Editor: Prohibition is the most dangerous thing about pot. When was the last time you heard about a shootout over booze, saw a kid buy alcohol from a street vendor or heard of moonshiners cooking brew in the hills? A yes vote means squatters growing pot in our national forest and shootouts at pot gardens will disappear just like the 21st Amendment did to violence in 1933. People can purchase pot from a store or grow a few plants in their backyard. Adults need to teach children the virtues of moderation and danger of gluttony. It's time to put first things first and end the prohibition against pot by passing Proposition 19. Keith Ensminger Merced - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake