Voter approved laws legalizing drugs rely on emotion rather than sound logic or reasoning.

Those advocating the legal use of marijuana in Arizona ignored the factual reality of the potential safety hazards to co-workers or drivers on the highway. Instead of including reasonable enforcement restrictions on when and where individuals would be allowed to supposedly utilize the medical benefits of the drug, it is left up to the individual.

The legalization of marijuana in California has now exposed the inherent danger to the general public by those I would call potheads. The California officials have recorded a significant increase in traffic accidents and deaths since its legalization. There have been over 1,000 vehicular deaths annually due to drivers being high on marijuana use. Of course the media tend to ignore this fact because they actively supported passage of bills legalizing the drug in their present form.

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