The collective sigh of relief that most Illinoisans exhaled when Rod Blagojevich was impeached has barely passed our lips and Gov. Quinn is already using thinly veiled threats to get what he wants. With Illinois in economic turmoil, all that our new governor can come up with is raising taxes or cutting huge amounts of funding for fighting alcohol and drug abuse and other vital social services.

Shouldn't the governor, senators and representatives at least discuss the possibility of 1) not spending millions of dollars on incarcerating drug abusers and 2) looking at legalizing and taxing marijuana sales?

Larry Adamski, Beverly

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