Pubdate: Sun, 28 Jul 2013
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune (MN)
Copyright: 2013 Star Tribune
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Author: Thomas Evans
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n352/a05.html

IT'S TIME FOR STATE TO ADDRESS ISSUES

As one who spent more than 20 years in law enforcement fighting the 
"drug war," I can attest to its absurd, futile and tragic nature. 
Tragic, in that many wonderful youngsters are irrevocably harmed by 
our reactionary punishment of recreational marijuana use. We'll never 
know how many people missed out on well-deserved careers, fell into 
severe depression or harmed themselves because of the impact of a 
minor infraction of experimenting with an innocuous drug. Further, as 
noted in the commentary, prescription drugs kill far more people than 
do cocaine and heroin combined.

THOMAS EVANS, Bemidji, Minn.
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