MARIJUANA USE MAY LEAD TO HARDER DRUGS

Dan Burroughs' column on legalizing marijuana has some good
justifications, but there are two main flaws in his argument. Every
adult has the right to choose what goes into his or her body, but the
problem is that children are the ones experimenting with marijuana.
The harmful effects of marijuana are not debatable and increase
exponentially in developing children.

Marijuana is a gateway drug. I have seen every one of my friends who
experimented with marijuana move on to harder drugs such as crack,
cocaine or heroin. Can the same thing be said for alcohol or tobacco?

Just last year I lost a good friend to a heroin overdose, something I
am sure Mr. Burroughs has never experienced. I will never use drugs
again and hope that our government, which has the responsibility of
ensuring all drugs are safe, will never do something as stupid as
legalizing marijuana.