Pubdate: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 Source: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK) Copyright: 2015 Fairbanks Publishing Company, Inc. Contact: http://newsminer.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/764 Author: Harry Karmun MARIJUANA RELATIVELY HARMLESS AS DRUGS GO To the editor: Starting with the assumption that drugs are chemical stupidity, marijuana is relatively harmless. Alcohol kills 40,000 Americans every year. Even in Fairbanks, drunk drivers have killed innocent children. Alcohol is involved in the majority of crimes in Alaska if you count fetal-alcohol-syndrome-related crimes. Tobacco kills 300,000 Americans every year. Tobacco is legal and unregulated because multinational corporations derive billions of dollars in profit. Americans are free to choose various kinds of stupidity, even if it kills them. Harry Karmun North Pole - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom