DECRIMINALIZATION WORKS IN NY

Bill King's letter, "More Smoke With New Pot Law,"(Dec. 13)
underscores the non-sensical reactions from the opponents of the
decriminalization of marijuana in Massachusetts. King infers that
decriminalization may attract pot-heads the world over to your state.

I suggest that Mr. King and his hysterical ilk travel across the
border to New York State where marijuana was decriminalized in the
1970s. Once there, look up and you will notice that the sky didn't
fall, foreigners and out of state residents haven't flocked here to
get high, and kids caught with pot in school get arrested.

For the record, if you Google my name you will discover that I have
been speaking out against "reefer madness" for many years.

WALTER F. WOUK, Cobleskill, NY