Pubdate: Wed, 13 Oct 2010
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
Copyright: 2010 Russ Jones
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Author: Russ Jones

MARIJUANA'S SAFETY TEMPERED WITH MATURITY

Re: "Marijuana shouldn't be legalized," by Gayle M. Tippit, Sunday Letters.

As one who has been a San Jose, Calif., police officer, narcotics 
detective, DEA task force officer, state and federal court-recognized 
expert in the psychological and physiological effects of drugs and 
narcotics and who has written programs for and treated hundreds in 
drug treatment programs, I am shocked by Tippit's statements.

It cannot be backed up by evidence, such as police reports, or by 
scientific studies. I hope this officer has never testified in court 
regarding this issue.

My experience in the field parallels that of the Drug Enforcement 
Administration's Administrative Law Judge Francis Young, who ruled 
that marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances 
known to man.

Russ Jones, New Braunfels
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