Pubdate: Thu, 20 Aug 2015
Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA)
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Author: Diego Di Maria
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n462/a02.html

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION WOULD BE BIG MISTAKE

In Sunday's article "An end to pot prohibition?" (Aug. 16), I 
chuckled at the comment from the pro-pot lobby that it didn't like 
the proposed 2016 marijuana legalization ballot measure because 
cities and counties will still be able to use zoning laws to ban pot shops.

Well, of course cities and counties don't want them. They and the 
public have seen firsthand the problems pot shops and pot use create 
in neighborhoods.

And we know pot is the most used illicit drug by young people, so 
legalization with more pot stores will only cause more car crashes, 
more addiction, and further normalize a stoned society. Legalizing 
pot is a dumb idea.

Diego Di Maria

San Diego
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