Pubdate: Tue, 11 Oct 2011
Source: Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO)
Copyright: 2011 The Gazette
Contact: http://www.gazette.com/sections/opinion/submitletter/
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Author: Linda Taylor

MEDICAL POT IS A SCAM

The primary goal of drug legalization advocates has always been to get
to full marijuana legalization. Colorado is now targeted by legalizers
in an attempt to scam us into legalizing marijuana outright. On Sept.
28th, the United States Department of Justice sent a letter warning
pot dispensaries in California that they are in direct violation of
federal law and they must close their doors within 45 days.

Title 21, United States code, Section 856(a) provides: "It shall be
unlawful to knowingly and intentionally rent, lease, or make available
for use, with or without compensation, a building, room, or enclosure
for the purpose of unlawfully storing, distributing, or using a
controlled substance."

Marijuana is a Schedule 1 illegal drug. Make no mistake, the goal
behind legalizing marijuana is not about one's right to smoke pot. In
fact, recreational users are being used by legalization advocates to
push their true agenda, which is complete control over the illicit
drug market. If we legalize marijuana in 2012, we will open Pandora's
box. Marijuana legalization will set precedent for the legalization of
all illicit drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine.

Legalizers, primarily funded by out of state billionaires George Soros
and Peter Lewis, will finance unscrupulous attorneys who will argue
that you cannot legalize one illicit drug and not the other. Allow me
to make this very clear: For every tax dollar legalizers claim
marijuana legalization will create, it will cost taxpayers more than
$8 to clean up the mess caused by the 40 percent increase in the
number of recreational users, along with the cost of addiction and
increased crime.

In my opinion, medical marijuana is the biggest scam ever to be
perpetrated against we the people.

Linda Taylor

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