Pubdate: Tue, 17 Dec 2013
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI)
Copyright: 2013 Star Advertiser
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http://www.staradvertiser.com/info/Star-Advertiser_Letter_to_the_Editor.html
Website: http://www.staradvertiser.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5154
Author: Stuart N. Taba
Page: A8

LEGALIZE POT BUT WITHIN PARAMETERS

I brightened upon reading The Associated Press article,
"Government-run pot market gets OK" (Star Advertiser, Dec. 11).

My spirit was lifted not because I envisioned a globally "stoned"
world, but that, step by step, world leaders are approaching
legalization of marijuana with responsible parameters.

Uruguayan President Jose Mujica asserts that this approach is not
"liberalization" of marijuana, which can only be consumed within
strict regulations established by law. His viewpoint is that "the
global drug war is a failure and (he) feels bureaucrats can do a
better job of containing addictions and beating organized crime than
police, soldiers and prison guards."

That point given, I perceive the approach of a global legalization of
pot, bracketed by sensible parameters.

Stuart N. Taba

Manoa
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