Pubdate: Wed, 04 Apr 2012
Source: Times-Herald, The (Vallejo, CA)
Copyright: 2012 The Times-Herald
Contact:  http://www.timesheraldonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/993
Author: Stan White
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n199/a01.html

IT'S NOT SHAME IN VALLEJO; IT'S SIMPLE DISCRIMINATION

If Pat Nelson ("Vallejo: City of Shame," March 29) didn't harbor 
feelings of discrimination, "shame" wouldn't be associated with 
Vallejo. Cannabis (marijuana) is far safer than beer or wine -- not 
to even mention whiskey. Businesses that sell those substances far 
outnumber dispensaries.

Beer and wine are even sold in grocery stores with minors nearby, for 
God's sake. Why does a civilized society allow alcohol sales but 
still prohibit and exterminate the extremely popular and relatively 
safe plant cannabis?

Discrimination, that's why.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.
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