Pubdate: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 Source: Reno Gazette-Journal (NV) Copyright: 2014 Reno Gazette-Journal Contact: http://www.rgj.com/letters Website: http://www.rgj.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/363 Author: Stan White NO SANE ARGUMENT TO CONTINUE PROHIBITION OF MARIJUANA Does Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick realize associating himself with the claim cannabis (marijuana) is a "Schedule I" substance is in fact the root of the farce ["Legal pot an uphill climb in Nevada," April. 24]? Cannabis prohibition is the "hoax" dependent on lies, half-truths and propaganda to perpetuate. Claiming heroin is no worse than cannabis and methamphetamine, and cocaine is less harmful than cannabis by insisting cannabis is a Schedule I substance alongside heroin while methamphetamine and cocaine are only Schedule II substances is disingenuous and dangerous. A sane or moral argument to continue cannabis prohibition doesn't exist. Stan White, Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom