Pubdate: Fri, 25 Apr 2014
Source: Sacramento Bee (CA)
Copyright: 2014 The Sacramento Bee
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Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n367/a02.html

MARIJUANA IN THE FUTURE

Re "Sacramento County Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan proposes flat 
bans on cultivation of marijuana, understandably so" (Editorial, 
April 22): Almost 10 years after California voters approved medical 
marijuana, California legislators are still treating it like 
Kryptonite. Someday marijuana will be fully legal nationwide, and 
there will be no vestiges of prohibition. That means no more suburban 
basement growers with massive carbon footprints and no more 
environmentally damaging back country outdoor grows.

Legitimate farmers will produce it by the ton under natural sunlight 
at a fraction of the current cost. The sooner marijuana becomes a 
fully legal commodity, the sooner the needless drama surrounding 
marijuana cultivation will go away. California legislators need to 
forget about medical marijuana and catch up with Colorado already.

- -- Robert Sharpe, Arlington, VA
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