MANY BENEFITS WOULD FOLLOW LEGALIZATION

Tim Pearcy's and Zak Kusz's Jan. 9 letters contain considerations to
perpetuate marijuana prohibition that are flawed with outdated
reefer-madness propaganda.

Historically, even government studies discredit the gateway theory.
Arguments that marijuana causes cancer are mistaken since there are no
dead bodies to show for it. International studies indicate, in some
cases, that citizens who smoke marijuana are safer drivers than
citizens who have not smoked marijuana.

Marijuana prohibition negatively effects people's lives in countless
ways. Legalizing marijuana would allow police to focus on crime,
eliminate control of marijuana on the black market, provide taxation
benefits, government credibility, medicinal use and free up prison
space, among other things.

With sincere, thorough research, those letter writers are likely to
think differently in the future.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.