Pubdate: Sun, 18 Nov 2012
Source: Baltimore Sun (MD)
Copyright: 2012 The Baltimore Sun Company
Contact:  http://www.baltimoresun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37
Author: Howard Wooldridge
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n579/a07.html

BANNING MARIJUANA DOESN'T MAKE US SAFER

As a retired police detective, I know that the prohibition on 
marijuana reduces public safety ("Stirring the pot," Nov. 12).

My colleagues in Maryland spend tens of thousands of hours searching 
out and arresting people for possessing and smoking a green plant.

Meanwhile, pedophiles are left freer to rape our children, drunk 
drivers sail past traffic stops where police are looking for pot 
under some kid's front seat, and teens are shot because selling 
marijuana is their only opportunity for employment.

I challenge you to name one benefit, one advantage, of marijuana 
prohibition for the children of Maryland.

Howard Wooldridge
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