Pubdate: Fri, 26 May 2017 Source: Expositor, The (CN ON) Copyright: 2017 Brantford Expositor Contact: http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/letters Website: http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1130 Author: Marie Braund Page: A4 DON'T LEGALIZE MARIJUANA Elected government officials are not concerning themselves with the effects of marijuana legalization. The only people who should be prescribing any type of drug are doctors and then only to patients who require them for pain relief from serious illness. If the legal age for purchasing drugs is 18 you can be sure that unscrupulous types will provide drugs to those who are younger. With the high number of young people dead from drug overdoses, it would seem that this first step to addiction should not be legal. Legalization of marijuana needs to be stopped before it is started. Marie Braund Brantford - --- MAP posted-by: Matt