Pubdate: Fri, 06 May 2016
Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA)
Copyright: 2016 The Press-Enterprise Company
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Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n298/a02.html
Author: Ken Cable

REJECT MARIJUANA COME NOVEMBER

Re: "Pot prohibition should come to an end" [Opinion, April 30]: Sal 
Rodriguez notes that a 2011 UCLA study found no evidence that 
marijuana dispensaries were associated with an increase in crime in 
their surrounding areas. In fact, he says, these areas may be safer 
because the dispensaries have security cameras and guards. I'm sure 
the vendors feel more secure in their shops, but one wonders about 
problems that may occur beyond the reach of cameras and guards as 
patients take their medicine and leave.

His closing paragraph warns governments that fail to consider 
alternatives to prohibition risk being unprepared to deal with 
legalization when it comes. Or, perhaps Californians will mitigate 
those risks by rejecting the widespread approval of this debilitating drug.

Ken Cable

Canyon Lake
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