POT IS NOT THE TROUBLE

When I was a Michigan police officer, I spent my 12-hour shifts
focusing on the drunk and reckless driver because they actually kill
people. During my 18 years of service, the use of marijuana generated
zero calls for service. Denver police might fear a change based on
what Upton Sinclair said long ago: "It is difficult to get a man to
understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding
it."

As a realist, I am confident that the use of alcohol will always
generate enough trouble, so that no officers will need to lose their
paychecks when Colorado allows marijuana to be legal, regulated and
taxed.

Howard J. Wooldridge

Westminster, CO