In response to your article on the lack of opportunities for low-income and minority public school students in Nevada: It is time for Nevada to change its priority from building prisons to building schools.

Currently, Nevada police waste time and taxpayer resources on pursuing, arresting and imprisoning peaceful marijuana smokers. Instead of continuing this waste of money, while ignoring our state's most vulnerable citizens, Nevada should tax and regulate marijuana distribution. The extra money provided by such tax could improve our lackluster education system, while providing opportunities to our community's minorities and low-income students.

If you agree that teaching children is better than punishing potheads, then please support Question 7 this fall.

Howard Knudsen

Reno

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