Pubdate: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 Source: Boulder Weekly (CO) Copyright: 2010 Kirk Muse Contact: http://www.boulderweekly.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57 Author: Kirk Muse RE-LEGALIZE CANNABIS I'm writing about the thoughtful column by Paul Danish, "Who killed Proposition 19?" (Danish Plan, Nov. 18). Probably parents and grandparents mistakenly think that there is a gateway between cannabis use and hard drugs. There is not. The possible gateway is caused by cannabis prohibition. Have the readers ever been offered a free bottle of whiskey, rum or vodka when legally buying beer or wine? Probably not. Have their adult children ever been offered a free sample of meth or cocaine when illegally buying cannabis? Probably yes. In a regulated and controlled market this would not happen. Re-legalize cannabis, and we close the gateway. For the sake of your children and grandchildren -- re-legalize cannabis. Kirk Muse Mesa, Ariz. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D