To the editor - Scare tactics! The police chief, city manager and Yakima City Council are on red alert for "more criminal activity" caused by marijuana.

It's too early this year for any statistics. However, a March 1 Yakima Herald-Republic article stated there were 360 DUI cases in Yakima in 2013, and just 37 were under the influence of marijuana. That's only 10.2 percent.

Marijuana is not that big of a deal compared with other drugs. Alcohol, which is more addictive, causes much more crime. Tobacco causes many more deaths.

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