Pubdate: Sun, 16 Aug 2015
Source: Times-Standard (Eureka, CA)
Copyright: 2015 Times-Standard
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Author: Richard E. (Dick) Johnson

DON'T IGNORE ALL THE COSTS OF LEGAL MARIJUANA

Regarding Richards Leamon's "My Word" ("Cannabis ruins lives - it's 
not a punch line," Times-Standard, Aug. 14, Page A4) and Tom Hannah's 
letter ("Unrestricted pot will trigger health crisis," 
Times-Standard, Aug. 14, Page A4) about marijuana and the money it 
will bring into the budgets of the area - they are RIGHT ON! Like 
both of them, I agree that the larger problem created by making pot 
and its byproducts legally available, especially to younger people, 
will overshadow any good that comes from the money that will come 
into the system.

Richard E. (Dick) Johnson, Eureka
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