Re: "Prohibition won't stop teen pot use."

I read with interest Evan Woods' letter in the May 8 edition of The Leader and just had to say something.

We hear the same old explanations for legalization all the time - how liquor prohibition didn't work, how gang violence is increasing, how teens seek the "forbidden fruit" and all these points are true, but there are other things to consider.

Alcohol and tobacco are currently legal and regulated and yet teens do seek them out along with pot. If pot was regulated then the use would continue, but using Woods' argument about forbidden fruit, you would see a definite increase in the use of other drugs.

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