Pubdate: Mon, 07 Mar 2016
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/506
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n122/a06.html
Author: Stan White

NO SANE REASON TO CRIMINALIZE CANNABIS

Thursday's letter "Listen to the people about marijuana" reminds me 
how difficult it was for Colorado citizens to cleanse ourselves of 
cannabis (marijuana) prohibition.

If it weren't for the initiative process, the sky would still be 
falling in. Cannabis prohibitionists used every historically 
discredited lie, half-truth and propaganda they could muster, and 
then we voted. Like Colorado, the majority of Wisconsin citizens also 
support ending cannabis prohibition. But without the initiative 
process available to voters, government subsidized cannabis 
prohibitionists will continue ignoring citizens.

A sane or moral reason does not exist to continue punishing and 
caging responsible adults who use the relatively safe, extremely 
popular, God-given plant as described on literally the very first 
page of the Bible.

- -- Stan White, Dillon, Colorado
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom