Pubdate: Wed, 06 Nov 2013
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV)
Copyright: 2013 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Contact: http://www.reviewjournal.com/about/print/press/letterstoeditor.html
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/233
Author: Dan Zelna
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n527/a10.html

POT THOUGHTS

To the editor:

Doug Elfman's column regarding comedian Bill Maher's love of 
marijuana was an insult and a joke ("Maher fights for right to smoke 
pot," Thursday Review-Journal). If either Mr. Elfman or Mr. Maher 
seriously believe 58 percent of Americans favor legalizing 
recreational pot use, then they polled the wrong folks.

Mr. Elfman goes on to criticize social conservatives, as does Mr. 
Maher, and Mr. Elfman calls gun owners "fetishists." While Mr. Maher 
claims the number of people who own guns is "way down," the 
statistics show otherwise. And if Mr. Elfman is impressed by Twitter 
photos of Mr. Maher smoking weed with Woody Harrelson, then perhaps a 
character review is in order.

Stick to writing on the club and entertainment scene, Mr. Elfman, and 
stay away from expressing your political views. And while you are at 
it, get a different hat. That one makes you look like a fool, though 
perhaps that's appropriate.

Dan Zelna

Las Vegas
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