Pubdate: Tue, 04 Feb 2014
Source: Marietta Times, The (OH)
Copyright: 2014 The Marietta Times
Contact:  http://www.mariettatimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2988
Author: Kirk Muse
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n101/a09.html

LEGALIZING POT IS A FREEDOM-OF-CHOICE ISSUE

I'm writing about a letter writer's thoughtful letter: "The politics 
of legalizing pot" (Jan. 29).

I'd like to add that the cannabis legalization issue is not whether 
cannabis is completely safe for everybody, including children and 
adolescents. It is not.

The issue is freedom of choice for adults. Children have died from 
eating peanuts and peanut butter but we don't cage peanut growers, 
sellers or consumers.

And the voters of Colorado and Washington state have decided that we 
should not cage cannabis growers, sellers or consumers.

Ohio adults have the freedom of choice of whether or not to consume 
legal alcohol. Shouldn't they have the same freedom of choice 
regarding legal cannabis?

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.
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